Topic: Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

Income inequality highlighted on Tax Day

Income inequality is at its worst in nearly a century, with the highest earners paying low tax rates in the face of a massive federal deficit and crumbling public services. To lessen income inequality, we must curb the political power of the very rich.

Elena Kagan: Could she defend the Constitution's purpose?

Elena Kagan has shown a troubling willingness to defer to the tyranny of the majority, instead of upholding individual rights.

Classic title for Memorial Day 2010: This Republic of Suffering

The horror of the Civil War revolutionized the treatment of US war casualties.

Obama’s policies may spur nuclear proliferation

Obama's nuclear policies are on track to make the US the Johnny Appleseed of nuclear weapons.

Yankee from Olympus

Patience and Fortitude

A grand, rambling, serendipitous treasure-house of material about books and the people who have loved them.

When death came marching home

Harvard president Drew Gilpin Faust examines the enduring shock of the US Civil War.

When death came marching home

Harvard president Drew Gilpin Faust takes up the unanswered challenges of the Civil War.