On the last Saturday of August, I began my morning with The New York Times, which carried yet another story about the decline of reading across the country. Over the past two decades, the share of ...

It has been a long time since books by Catherine Drinker Bowen (1897-1973) were on many bookshelves. Her “Yankee from Olympus” biography of Oliver Wendell Holmes the New York Times obituary called ...

Sir Keir Starmer has been prime minister of the United Kingdom for less than 15 months. Yet he has the air of a beleaguered and embattled leader: His net favorability rating is currently minus-50 — ...

Gabi Dugal McCreery and Scotty McCreery at the 59th Academy of Country Music Awards on May 16, 2024. It’s another Fall baby for Country singer Scotty McCreery. The season 10 American Idol winner ...

In an 1892 case concerning a police officer’s First Amendment challenge to a law proscribing political activity by officers, a justice on Massachusetts’s Supreme Judicial Court wrote: The officer “may ...

Comedian and late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel in London on March 30. (Scott Garfitt/Invision/AP) In an 1892 case concerning a police officer’s First Amendment challenge to a law proscribing ...

The zealous safeguarding of individual expression is a recent innovation. What sparked it? The need to curb violent societal upheaval. As the United States veers toward renouncing its free speech ...

From allowing segregation to gutting abortion rights, the court’s reactionary streak runs deep. A new collection shows why calls for reform are as old as the court itself. The Supreme Court in 1904.

"The View" co-hosts railed against President Donald Trump's administration on Monday while addressing late-night host Jimmy Kimmel's suspension, and avoided criticizing their mutual employer, ABC.

The women of "The View" on Monday addressed ABC's indefinite suspension of Jimmy Kimmel's late night show following threats from the Federal Communications Commission, blasting the Trump ...

“The life of the law has not been logic, it has been experience.” — Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. The Kenyan judiciary occupies a paradoxical position. It is at once a pillar of democracy and a frequent ...

There has been a lot of talk from Trump administration officials about punishing speech. Here is what the law says. By Adam Liptak Reporting from Washington In the wake of the killing of the ...