Compellingly argued column by Jonathan Rauch in National Journal on the Bush administration's expansion of executive authority.

The last of China's "gang of four" is dead.

Marquette has upheld the punishment of a dental student for negative comments about a professor and unnamed students that he wrote on his blog.

Another victory for FIRE: DePaul has retreated from its attempt to ban the College Republican Club from posting flyers critical of the university's Cultural Center inviting Ward Churchill to speak.

Very interesting piece in TNR on recent events in The Netherlands and the failure to assimilate Muslim immigrants.