Latest Articles - Charles Lipson

Fear of crime is second only to worries over inflation and recession. Both issues — personal security and economic security — affect citizens directly. Pollsters say voters see a sharp distinction between the two parties on those issues and that Republicans...

For our constitutional democracy to function, citizens must have some confidence in their governmental institutions and the officials who lead them. Fewer and fewer Americans do. Events over the past week illustrate the problems. They show our last three...

The centerpiece of Ukraine's strategy is eviscerating Russian combat power without getting into a raw slugfest that would sacrifice its own troops. That means knocking out Russian combat power without a head-on battle, wherever possible. How does Ukraine...

Free speech is under constant attack at our universities, and it is losing. That's not just anecdotes and personal stories. There is good data on speech suppression. Fortunately, there are proven ways to restore robust, open dialogue. But university...