The political turmoil in Brazil can be traced in large part to a powerful Supreme Court that has not earned the trust of the people.

Philanthropic efforts should not be subordinated to a simple utilitarian calculus.

Where Justice Harlan voiced his belief that the Chinese could never assimilate, Frederick Douglass confidently asserted they could.

Paul Johnson's turn to history from journalism ought to earn him a lasting place in our memory as a great defender of ordered liberty.

What is Richard Posner's judicial legacy?

French political thinkers have long been fascinated by the English constitutional tradition, but they may not always have learned the right lessons.

Katy Carl's new novel explores the paradoxes of wounded liberty and healing freedom.

Nayeli Riano offers a fresh, Christian, and humanist perspective on art, literature, and culture.

Lillian Gilbreth, who died just over fifty years ago, saw that the worker could not be understood as a cog in the machine.

Samuel Adams had personal experience of the need for self-government and a great resentment of the distant manipulation of colonial affairs.