Garry Trudeau, the creator and writer of the comic strip “Doonesbury,” has a fine article in Sunday’s San Francisco Chronicle about the kinds of preparations he undertook (and still undertakes) to write about war:
Both soldiers, with the help of incredibly dedicated counselors, are trying to figure out how to live with their emotional wounds as […]

In a panel discussion at a forum at Cardozo Law School in New York last year, I argued that in an age of convergence, the Computer Assistance to Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) would inevitably end up being applied directly to Internet communications. We’re now seeing my prediction come true.
Officially, CALEA was passed in 1994 […]

My review of Kazuo Ishiguro’s most recent novel, NEVER LET ME GO, is posted now at Reason Online. I liked the book, which was shortlisted for this year’s Booker Prize.