Editorials: Law

The Truth About Armed Guards in Schools

Maureen Martin
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January 12, 2013
Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president of the National Rifle Association, was greeted with derision when he proposed placing an armed police officer in every school to protect students.

Guns for Dummies

Maureen Martin
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December 22, 2012
If we’re going to have a “national conversation” about banning “assault weapons” following Newtown – and it looks like we are – let’s at least know what we’re talking about and what we’re not talki

Fewer Guns, More Crime

Peter Ferrara
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December 21, 2012
To President Obama, the word “politics” means anyone who disagrees with him, as in the phrase “It is time to put politics aside.” Whenever he says that, he is really saying “It is time to put aside

Law and Order in the Fallen World

Benjamin Domenech
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December 19, 2012
It is a natural tendency on the part of most human beings, when confronted with great evil, to want to do something about it. We want to stop the horror of death and violence and disease.

Right-to-Work is the Right to Pursue of Happiness

Steve Stanek
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December 18, 2012
I could cite a boatload of figures showing states with "right-to-work" laws have been better economic performers than those where people can be forced into labor unions as a condition of employment

A Glimmer of Hope

Maureen Martin
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December 13, 2012
In 1994, lawyer Philip Howard wrote a book called “The Death of Common Sense: How Law Is Suf

Wisconsin’s Ballot Laws Should Resemble Virginia’s

Maureen Martin
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January 10, 2012
Republicans attacking Virginia’s presidential primary ballot access laws as discriminatory, too strict and even unconstitutional are agitating for election laws more like those in Wisconsin.

Getting the Enron Story Straight

James L. Johnston, Paul Fisher
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December 12, 2011
The story about the failure of Enron by Phil Rosenthal that appeared in the Chicago Tribune on December 4, 2011 missed out on several interesting points in law and economics.

Firms Can Deter Litigation by Being Junkyard Dogs

Maureen Martin
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November 16, 2011
Lost in the coverage of Herman Cain's alleged sexual harassment episodes is a lesson for tort reformers: It always costs more in the long run to settle frivolous cases.

Occupy Free Speech?

Bruce Edward Walker
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October 27, 2011
I want to be perfectly clear: I don't believe all Occupy Wall Street protestors foam at the mouth, possess bad hygienic habits, or are uneducated and lazy. But some say stupid, ugly things.