News & Commentary

The ACLU won an unprecedented victory Friday in its legal efforts to hold Bush Administration officials accountable for their illegal activities post 9/11.  Under the ruling in the case of

A number of years ago, I believe it was 1998, Fox rolled out a "reality" television series titled World's Wildest Police Videos.  The show was staggeringly simplistic and unabashedly authoritarian.  Many of the videos originated from news helicopters or dashboard cameras in police cruisers and featured police dealing with car chases, robberies, traffic stops, protesters, etc.

I just read about another complicit party to the Bush administration’s use of torture: doctors and psychologists.

The “Kids for Cash” case currently unfolding against Luzerne County Judges Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan is one of the most appalling and disgusting cases of judicial corruption to come to li

I read a story in the NY Times that was so shocking to me that I actually gasped and covered my mouth with my hands.

It does not matter how good the law is if there is no way to know whether the law is being followed.  One of the strongest tools we have for learning about whether the government is following

As kids go back to school, parents all across the state have been asked to hand over their children's social security numbers.  What many parents (and schools) do not realize is that this is an opt

This week, the ACLU and 520 local and national organizations sent a letter

I laughed reading FBI Director Robert Mueller