It looks as if there'll be no established religion in North Carolina, at least legally. But the Republican Party has shown off some interesting views about the constitution.
Category: Ideas
Another weighty discrimination issue
A Samoan airline is charging its passengers by weight. Is this discrimination, or a move to end discrimination?
Anti-gay forces not giving up
In France and America same-sex marriage is facing last-ditch resistance. There may be more to it than just fear of the gays.
Clipping back copyright overreach
The US Supreme Court strikes a blow against the ambitious claims of intellectual "property".
Could there be a libertarian Republican?
After being cheerleaders for authoritarianism for so long, some Republicans are starting to move a little in the other direction. Kentuckian Rand Paul is their spokesman.
Self-determination in the South Atlantic
The Falkland Islanders want to stay British; Britain still seems happy to have them. So does anyone else get to have a say in this?
The problem isn’t loyalty, but citizenship
The problem in the Ben Zygier/Prisoner X case, and potentially in many others, is the way the state demands a certain sort of loyalty – "allegiance" – of its citizens.
What Wilders means
The sponsors of Geert Wilders are being reticent about the details of his speaking engagements, but there's little doubt that his views strike a chord with many Australians.
A new angle on Israel’s dilemma
A comparison with the fate of the Germans in central Europe after the Second World War offers a new understanding of the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.
State of the Union (and state of the media)
This year's State of the Union address provides little evidence that Barack Obama is bent on a radical transformation of America. But it does expose a major limitation of the mainstream media.
The World is Not Enough 