Herman Cain and the Banality of Sexual Harassment Scandals
What difference does it make if the allegations are true? There are more glaring problems with Cain's platform and presidential bid.… More »
Wendy Kaminer is an author, lawyer and civil libertarian. She is the author of I'm Dysfunctional, You're Dysfunctional, and was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1993. More
What difference does it make if the allegations are true? There are more glaring problems with Cain's platform and presidential bid.… More »
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Political favors and an unsettling definition of "Indian Blood" mar Massachusetts's entry into the casino business… More »
Religious institutions can sidestep workplace discrimination laws when it comes to hiring and firing clergy. But what about more secular employees, such as teachers and office administrators?… More »
Our enormous, often vague legal code gives prosecutors too much room for interpretation… More »
Liberty means being able to tolerate doubt -- something neither liberals nor conservatives are willing to do… More »
Will Elizabeth Warren's Harvard association hurt her in a matchup against incumbent Senator (and "everyman") Scott Brown?… More »
When it comes to prosecuting individual rioters, it's nearly impossible to collect the necessary evidence… More »
Executive director Anthony Romero was charged with DWI in June. Why are we only hearing about it now?… More »
American atheists protest the addition of the World Trade Center cross to the 9/11 memorial… More »
The problem is not our parties, but us. A Congress split in three would only promote more deadlock.… More »
Obama and Romney may have more in common than one might think, as debt negotiations could reveal a half-Republican leader… More »
One wing of the Republican Party cares nothing about re-election while another cares only about re-election.… More »
David Cameron's investigation into the culture of the British press has troubling implications for freedom of speech… More »
They continue to blindly romanticize their commitment to truth, which may contribute to their fall from power… More »
The Texas governor deserves scrutiny for his oversight of the state's death penalty regime… More »
A collectivist sense of nationalism permeates much of American identity, especially among those running for high office… More »
He may have acted in a self-centered and dishonest way, but the congressman's behavior wasn't abusive or actionable… More »
Conflating pornography with sex-trafficking detracts from efforts to help women in need… More »
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