Increasingly in the past year, the news media have published classified information that exposed sensitive national security programs. In light of these revelations, concerns have been raised over the extent to which the publication of classified material affects American national security.

Is the First Amendment an absolute right, or are...

Two years after the September 11, 2001, attacks, political leaders and the nation are still divided and uncertain about how to reform the U.S. intelligence and law enforcement communities. The expanded powers of the FBI and the Justice Department-for expanded surveillance, investigation, and detention under the Patriot Act-have been perceived...

Congress and the president need to reform Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security because they are no longer able to run on autopilot.

Conservative critics have complained about the leftward tilt of college and university faculty since the 1950s. In contrast, the American Association of University Professors and similar groups have either denied that such a tilt occurs or refused to acknowledge that a balanced ideological representation is needed to educate students in...

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The wiretapping controversy has set up a classic confrontation between the executive and legislative branches.