Glen Elsasser

Although the picture was scrambled--often to the point that it was completely unrecognizable--there was seldom any doubt about the nature of all that on-screen action accompanying the groans and moans....

In its first case on regulating the content of cyberspace, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide whether Congress trampled free speech rights by cracking down on sexually explicit...

Striking a major blow to political patronage, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday for the first time that the Constitution forbids government officials from dismissing contractors for refusing to support...

A leading legislative advocate of outfitting school buses with seat belts wasted little time in renewing his drive after Wednesday's fatal crash in Fox River Grove. State Rep. Louis Lang...

Name: George Weigel Job: Catholic theologian Conservative theologian George Weigel serves as president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, unique among Washington's 100 or so think tanks. Occupying a...

With tens of thousands of black men streaming into the city, organizers of Monday's Million Man March-from moderates to radicals-struggled to put their imprint on an event where the expectations...

With affirmative action emerging as a dominant political issue, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday let stand two lower-court victories for white employees who challenged programs to accelerate advancement of...

Cardinal Joseph Bernardin publicly entered the health-care debate Thursday, urging that a national system must begin with "the unserved and the unborn, the uninsured and the undocumented" and provide universal...

Stephen Breyer, nominated Friday by President Clinton to fill the latest Supreme Court vacancy, personifies the cerebral and almost studied gentility of a new urban elite. He lives in a...

In a ringing endorsement of the role parody plays in American society, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 9-0 Monday that a raunchy rap version of a 1960s rock 'n' roll...