DDT is still a critical weapon in the battle against malaria and other insect-borne diseases.

It is the world's most successful public health insecticide, saving millions upon millions of lives from insect-borne diseases. Yet DDT remains the world's most misunderstood chemical.

Ending the use of DDT in malarious areas may pose great risks to the health and welfare of people and would be based on flawed analysis.

Ask Americans what they think the First Amendment protects, and they will tell you “freedom of speech.”  But few will think of the amendment’s third protection: “freedom of assembly.” In his provocative new book, “Liberty’s Refuge, The Forgotten Freedom of Assembly,” Washington University School of Law professor John Inazu implores Americans to keep in mind the importance of this protection.

Africa Fighting Malaria is calling on the WHO, donor agencies, and other stakeholders to provide more investmentfor insecticides.

We should be cautiously optimistic about future developments as important cases about federal preemption and the scope of securities laws come before the SupremeCourt in 2007.

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts is writing divisive opinions that will keep the Court an ideological battleground.

John Roberts will be the next chief justice of the United States. He will not, however, get through either the Senate Judiciary Committee or the full Senate without significant opposition.