Liberty, Technology and the Next U.S. President

One of the biggest mistakes a new administration might make in its first 100 days would be to ignore the impact technology has had on the privacy of our communications and the striking need to update the law accordingly. If the President fails to act early in his first term...

Public Heist... Now

Washington, DC -- The meeting here Tuesday night, held in a sweltering conference room of the Cleveland Park public library, didn't have the star power cast attraction of Ocean's 11 or 12 or for that matter, Ocean's 13, but for the 35 or so folks that showed up and fought off...

Mogadishu: Bad Moon Rising

Just when residents of Mogadishu thought their unbearable lives were, well, becoming bearable, new violence has broken out turning the city into a "ghost town." "MOGADISHU, April 20 (Reuters) - Faced with the heaviest fighting in Mogadishu for more than a decade, residents...

Gonzales Faces 'Tongue Lashing' from Congressional Critics

Embattled U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales stepped up to the plate Thursday to face congressional critics and answer questions about his involvement in the firing of eight U.S. district attorneys.  Although he defended his actions, he does admit that mistakes were...

Violent Crime on Campus Rare Occurance

With the nation, natch, the world, still listing from the worst mass murder in U.S. history, emotions have risen to the surface and lay exposed, like a raw nerve.  People are sad, depressed, confused and underlying all of it, they are pissed off.  And they have no...