Tuesday, May 14th, 2013 by Nat Hentoff -- Thirty or so years ago, I reported from a New York state prison for juvenile delinquents as part of a national story on how American teenagers were being more…

Tuesday, May 7th, 2013 by Nat Hentoff -- Many Americans, including some of Barack Obama's critics, take his word that his administration opposes torture. With fanfare, two days after occupying the Oval Office, he issued Executive more…

Tuesday, April 30th, 2013 by Nat Hentoff -- As I'll be turning 88 in June, I'd begun to lose hope for at last witnessing in my lifetime some legal accountability for the George W. Bush-Dick Cheney-Barack more…

Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013 by Nat Hentoff -- I'd feared that after George W. Bush and Dick Cheney and, even worse, Barack Obama, the Fourth Amendment's protection of our personal privacy had nearly vanished. But on more…

Tuesday, April 16th, 2013 by Nat Hentoff -- As clashes continue between teachers' unions and local and state legislatures concerning evaluations of teachers to determine if they are to stay employed, I don't hear either side more…

Tuesday, April 9th, 2013 by Nat Hentoff -- James Madison, who introduced the Bill of Rights into Congress, later said: "The press has been the beneficent source to which the United States owes much of the more…

Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013 by Nat Hentoff -- In many cities, as well as rural areas, low-income students – not only blacks and Hispanics – very soon get to feel unconnected to school. They may figure more…

Tuesday, March 19th, 2013 by Nat Hentoff -- Our continually hurtling media in all their forms make it hard for memories to sustain past news shocks. How many Americans are bothered that the new head of more…

Tuesday, March 12th, 2013 by Nat Hentoff -- I am postponing a planned column on the educational struggles of low-income kids because of Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul's rousingly inspirational 13-hour filibuster last week on Barack more…