Noah Feldman (born 1970) is an American author and professor of law at Harvard Law School. Read full biography of Noah Feldman →
Faced with the collapse of Iraq into something like Lebanon - or worse, Somalia - the Bush administration opted for a new counterinsurgency strategy.... →
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William O. Douglas married not one, not two, not three, but four hot blondes. He was not faithful to any of them, not even the last, and each was... →
In an ideological age, diplomacy may seem weak and prosaic. But sometimes it is all we have.
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It is often noted that it can be hard for democracies to fight wars because of changing public opinion.
Mormonism was born amid secrecy, and throughout its existence as a religion it has sustained a close yet complex relationship to the arts of silence.
The world is full of nations that are part of the community of nations that don't respect rights.
Since the birth of modern Orthodox Judaism in 19th-century Germany, a central goal of the movement has been to normalize the observance of... →
Like many great world faiths, Mormonism has an important strand of sacred mystery. Mormon temples have traditionally been closed to outsiders and... →
Prisoners, according to the law, who are non-U.S. citizens and are detained outside the U.S. - including in Guantanamo Bay - are denied 'habeas... →
A constitutional tradition that works is one that is in a constant state of dynamic evolution. You have a written constitution that says 'x,'... →
An empire that extends itself selectively is just being prudent about its own limitations. A republic that supports democratization selectively is... →