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Lawn Gone Liberty: The Update Apr. 02, 2025
It's finally spring. Better mow your lawn. If you don't, your town government may fine you thousands... Read More
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the Problem of Torture Aug. 08, 2024
In the months following the attacks of 9/11, the government laid the blame for orchestrating them on... Read More
The Pope Hopes No One Is in Hell. We Should. Mar. 12, 2024
In a television interview watched by millions, Pope Francis recently made a comment about hell that ... Read More
I Can't Breathe Dec. 08, 2023
However you vote, whichever lives you think matter, you may be forgiven for asking one question. Whe... Read More
Six-Year Sentence for Consensual Teen Sex Oct. 19, 2023
When Henry was 18, he had sex with a 16-year-old he met on a dating app who said he was 18, too. The... Read More
Reward-Based Training More Effective and Humane Than Aversive Training Jun. 22, 2023
Q: I mentioned to a friend that I am sending Bert, our new dog who is wild and undisciplined, to a t... Read More
How SCOTUS Promoted Pernicious Myths About Sex Offender Registries: 20 Years Ago, the Justices Deemed Registration Preventive Rather Than Punitive Mar. 01, 2023
This Sunday marks the 20th anniversary of Smith v. Doe, a Supreme Court decision that approved retro... Read More
'Real' Journalists Recognize That Prosecuting Julian Assange Poses a Grave Threat to Freedom of the Press: The Justice Department's Discretion Is the Only Thing That Protects Them From a Similar Fate Nov. 30, 2022
"Publishing is not a crime," the editors and publishers of The New York Times and four leading Europ... Read More
I Feel My Punishment Is Too Harsh Nov. 09, 2022
DR. WALLACE: I'm sad to inform you that I've gotten myself into some trouble and now I'm grounded. I... Read More
The 'Prison Groupie' Syndrome Aug. 06, 2022
Here's a word from the field of crime I'm betting you've never heard before: hybristophilia. It's pr... Read More
Making the Killers Pay Jul. 21, 2022
WASHINGTON — Have you been following the massacres in America? It would be difficult to miss t... Read More
I'm Lonely Waiting Like This Feb. 17, 2022
DR. WALLACE: I'm a girl who is presently a junior in high school, and the boyfriend I dated for over... Read More
Justice Breyer's Interpretation of Cruel and Unusual Feb. 02, 2022
When Stephen Breyer was 4 years old, and his father, Irving Breyer, was serving as legal counsel for... Read More
Let's Think About a Different Kind of Prison System Oct. 30, 2021
Show of hands: How many readers believe that the U.S. prison system truly works to rehabilitate conv... Read More
Someone Must Go to Prison for the Killing of Halyna Hutchins Oct. 26, 2021
If no one goes to prison for actor Alec Baldwin's accidental killing of cinematographer Halyna Hutch... Read More
Discipline vs. Punishment Sep. 29, 2021
Many people cringe when they see the word "discipline" because they are confusing discipline with pu... Read More
Drag 'Em Out Jul. 02, 2021
A guy was killed not too far from my house the other day. He died on the sidewalk across the street ... Read More
My Mom's Discipline Is Too Extreme! May. 15, 2021
DR. WALLACE: I'm a good athlete, and in fact, I was a starting player on my school's varsity softbal... Read More
The Truth About Spanking Nov. 04, 2020
On a regular basis we are bombarded with opinions that spanking is archaic and cruel, and that it te... Read More
An Unusual Punishment, but Likely Not Illegal Sep. 16, 2020
DR. WALLACE: When I was attending my school before our campus closed because of the COVID-19 pandemi... Read More
