Commentary As a run-up to the Fourth of July, Americans typically buy beer, barbecue meats, and fireworks. This ...

Commentary The time for serious police reforms has come. There is no ignoring that fact. Cities and states ...

Commentary What is going on in this country? When did we, the majority, stop speaking up for ourselves? ...

Commentary If you don’t agree that black lives matter, you should stop reading now. Conversely, if you believe ...

Commentary As if the current COVID-19 pandemic hadn’t created enough chaos in our lives, yet another outrageous, race-based ...

Commentary On the evening of May 14, 2020, in Omaha, Nebraska, James Fairbanks went to the home of ...

Commentary Nearly every state has a citizen’s arrest law allowing civilians to detain someone if they have witnessed ...

Commentary The classified ad might read: “Looking for college-educated applicants who can handle serious on-the-job stress, constant public ...

Commentary It is a sure bet that lots of lawyers have not stopped working during the quarantine. Judging ...

Commentary Wow. Reaction to my last column, which was focused on today’s political hypocrisy, was both shockingly swift ...

Commentary Sometimes, the world of crime and justice collides with the body politic. This is one of those ...

Commentary These days, we are all worried about those most susceptible to the ravages of the COVID-19 virus—not ...

Commentary Indulge me a quick personal story. Twice now, I’ve been duped by Facebook ads into ordering American-looking ...

Commentary I got a letter recently that made me wonder what Americans are doing to pass the time ...

Commentary Yes. The world is in the midst of a pandemic of the COVID-19 virus. But in between ...

Commentary We live in strange times these days. Nearly every American's life has been upended by something we ...

Commentary Let’s see a show of hands. Who, among readers of this column, has experienced some anxiety in ...

Commentary The strange little man currently on trial for a 2000 murder in Los Angles admits he has ...

Commentary The verdict in the Harvey Weinstein sex crimes case was described as both a disappointment and a ...

Commentary Those who fight for a more equitable way to keep track of sexual predators won a big ...

Commentary If you're the typical U.S. consumer, you just shelled out money to celebrate Valentine's Day. Collectively, Americans ...

Commentary Did we learn nothing from the so-called crack-cocaine plague of the '80s and '90s? For those with ...

Commentary If you carry too much cash, the federal government can take it away from you. Yep, you ...

Commentary Are you among the countless Americans who feel so passionately about the upcoming presidential election that you ...

Commentary January 2020 ushered in a unique new law in New York state that abolished cash bail for ...

Commentary This column might win me no fans on college campuses, but there is something that must be ...