James Madison

WD-50 and Fatta Cuckoo Are "Friends With Benefits"

WD-50 and Fatta Cuckoo are teaming up for a dinner series called "Friends with Benefits," a one-night experience where chefs and mixologists are paired to serve a four-course meal with cocktails. The first match, on September 12, will be with Jon Bignelli, the chef de cuisine at WD-50, and Chris Mi ... More >>

The Constitution Versus Ray Kelly

A new coalition is ready to take its fight to the commissioner

Bloomberg Schools Flunk the Constitution

We're raising a generation that doesn't know its rights

Beware: Ray Kelly for Next FBI Director?

Hey, Ray Kelly, Frisk This

Governor David Paterson slaps down the Police Commissioner's stop-and-frisk database, but it's only a start

Daily News Enlivens Morning with Lesbian Sex Teacher Story

​We hope the PC scolds out there are happy. For years they've clucked their tongues every time a female teacher was found having sex with a male student. And now look what's happened: the frustrated female teachers have been forced to have sex with each other. Do you see what you've done, Ame ... More >>

Mr. Parmet Gets His Diploma

Ben Parmet went to Brooklyn's James Madison High School many, many years ago. He mentioned his days at Madison to Ben Goldberg, a volunteer at his nursing home, who as it happened also attended Madison, albeit much later, and who contacted the editors of the James Madison Alumni News about Mr. Par ... More >>

Cardinal calls Gaza 'concentration camp' -- lit up by white phosphorus, observers say

Al Jazeera report on white phosphorus in Gaza. As Chico Marx said, "Who you gonna believe, me or your own eyes?" That's easy when it comes to Gaza. The Jewish state's brutal use of white phosphorus — alleged over the weekend by observers on the ground dispatched by NYC-based Human Rights Wa ... More >>

When Is Obama Going to Start Talking About Bush's 'Dark Side'?

Gun-Ho for New York

The Georgia gun dealer who was sued by the city— and fell in love with us

Is Obama's Constitution Strong Enough?

He stirs the crowds, but when will he tell them about their lost liberties?

We're All Suspects

As our civil liberties disappear, where are the Democrats?

Leaving is Fundamental

Blue Wall of Lawlessness

The NYPD has a long-standing reputation for its "excessive" surveillance. Now more than ever.

Small Order

City leaders want kids out of large schools and into smaller ones. Now one Brooklyn high school is fighting the mandate to close its doors.

Saving Free Speech and Jesus

Religious and conservative groups support the 'Bong Hits 4 Jesus' banner under fire at the Supreme Court

The Enemy Within

Journalists, under fire today by the Bush White House, have been the enemy before

Putting God in His Place

New Jersey student-warrior for the Constitution gets a death threat

George Bush: Recidivist

A judge who came out of the civil rights movement teaches Bush the Constitution.

Freedom Booze

What did our Founding Fathers Get Wasted On?

Mutiny at the Supreme Court

The Roberts Court signals the president that he is not immune from the Constitution

Rumsfeld Pressured to Resign

A troubled legacy in Iran, Iraq—but don't ignore the Secretary's war on privacy

The War on Privacy

Rumsfeld warns that the enemy can succeed in changing our way of life. It already has.

Who Owns the Constitution?

With Republicans in power, equal protection under the laws will continue to diminish

When Chloe Met Charlotte

MIICRNYCOAGNWMA? The attack of the female campus sex columnist!

Bush Saddles Up for Terri Schiavo

Get me an activist judge! Prez rides hard for Christian right

Court to Gays: Don't Ask Us

Bench turns cold shoulder to sexual minorities

Bob Barr vs. the FBI

A conservative libertarian targets Ashcroft and Mueller for violating First Amendment

Patriot Act Besieged

A Justice Department honcho confesses: 'We are losing the fight for the Patriot Act'

Cuba Cages Librarians

But there's still not a dissenting word from America's book publishers and literati

Fierce Watchdog of the Constitution

'Civil Liberty Is Why We Have This Country'

Vanishing Liberties

Where's the Press?

A Citizen Shorn of All Rights

A Case Vital to Future Americans, Too

Sticking Up for the 'Dirty Bomber'

A Lawyer's Unpopular Cause Could Save Civil Liberties

Letters

Church and State Separation in Crisis

Does God Need Tax Money to Teach?

Your Taxes for Church Schools?

Will God Set the Curriculum?

Big John Wants Your Reading List

Has the Attorney General Been Reading Franz Kafka?

Should the Boy Scouts Be Pariahs?

Must the NAACP Include Racists?

Democracy in Chains

Slavery’s Legacy Shackled the Black Vote—And Cost Gore Thousands of Ballots

Abortion Foes Join Florida Legal Fray

Big-Time Lawyer Files Suit in Federal Court

Who's for the Bill of Rights?

The Return of J. Edgar Hoover

Who’ll Be Blacklisted Next?

‘It’s a Plain Old Censorship Campaign’

Do You Want to Ralph?

Green Candidate Nader is the Antipolitician—and Possibly Al Gore's Worst Nightmare

Hillary and the Death Penalty

‘Executions Are Class Warfare’

Racism and Free Speech

Does a Rocker Lurk in You?

Giuliani vs. Thomas Jefferson

God Will Be the Curriculum

Letters

Investigating New York's Finest

Tolerance for Brutality Exists Throughout the Police Department

Police Brutality and the Mayor

The Cop Gave the Woman He'd Assaulted a False Badge Number