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Charles Lane: The goal of fair and consistent incarceration
Despite recent decreases, the United States still incarcerates more people, in absolute numbers and as a share of our population, than any other nation on Earth. This statistic is nothing...
Lane: This solution to gerrymandering is worse than the problem
Sandra Day O'Connor was right: The Supreme Court should leave partisan politics to the partisan politicians.
Lane: Political attacks on FBI are a nightmare for a democracy
Attacks on the FBI by President Donald Trump and the Republican Party raise the question of whether it's possible to maintain an effective, and legitimate, intelligence establishment under such partisan...
Lane: Euthanasia for the vulnerable?
The euthanasia of mentally ill or cognitively impaired patients is inherently controversial. Given the risk of fatal error, how many botched cases would it take to discredit the practice completely?
Lane: Why restart the affirmative-action war?
The Justice Department apparently wants to revisit the perennial issue of affirmative action in university and college admissions -- remarkable news for many reasons.
Lane: Just how partisan is too partisan?
State legislature majorities, abetted by like-minded governors, have a bad habit of skewing congressional and state legislative districts to their party’s advantage.
Lane: How we respond to the baseball shooting is what really matters
Acts of murderous political violence aren't new and don't tell us much about the state of the country and its political culture. What¶¶Òõap revealing, however, is how Americans respond.
Lane: Why I shed tears on Memorial Day this year
Over the past few years, I have made a point of visiting Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day. This time, I shed some tears. And I would like to say...
Charles Lane: On JFK’s 100th birthday, Donald Trump repudiates his legacy
President Donald Trump's inauguration speech was no mere tonal difference; it was a flat repudiation of John F. Kennedy's policy legacy, whether Trump intended it that way or not.
Lane: Now that James Comey is gone, what happens to the FBI?
We are about to learn whether the FBI can preserve its professionalism, and its ethos of nonpartisan national service, at a time when its supposed political masters have lost theirs.