Jan 7, 2010 | Lead Articles, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 43
DEAN ALFRED C. AMAN: Good afternoon and welcome to part two of our Donahue Lecture Series. We are honored to have a very distinguished panel who will be commenting on Justice Kirby’s talk that you have just heard. I want to introduce all the members of the panel...
Jan 7, 2010 | Lead Articles, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 43
DONAHUE LECTURE AND PANEL DISCUSSION A particular feature of the past fifty years has been the introduction of the post-war independence constitutions of many nations. The introduction of such constitutions in India, Pakistan, Ireland, Ceylon, and then many parts of...
Jan 7, 2010 | Lead Articles, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 43
Poets and writers often work unseen, shuttered away in rooms and silences so wide and clear that to speak in this kind of silence one must have the courage to listen to oneself. Visual artists celebrate the light and solitude of their studios, the being alone with...
Nov 20, 2008 | Lead Articles, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 42
It was late in November of 1972. Roe v. Wade had been under consideration at the Supreme Court for a year, with release of the opinion now less than two months away. Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr., one of Justice Harry A. Blackmun’s most steadfast allies throughout the...
Nov 20, 2008 | Lead Articles, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 42
On September 11, terrorists fly hijacked airliners into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Over 3,000 Americans are killed. The nation—indeed the world—is stunned. The French paper Le Monde runs the headline: “We are all Americans.” There are candlelight vigils...