September 5, 2009 Commentary

The Jaycee Dugard case illustrates how America's sex offender registries hurt efforts to stop repeat sex crimes

September 4, 2009 Commentary

One got a glorious homecoming. The other was left to rot. Bill Frelick on the paradoxes of justice, Libya-style—and the perils of pretending Gaddafi has changed his stripes.

August 28, 2009 Commentary

Equatorial Guinea is perhaps the world's most striking example of why oil hurts, rather than helps, many of the countries that have it. Will the Obama administration stop the country's dictator from sucking its people dry?