I am attacked equally by the hard right and the hard left for expressing what they regard as politically incorrect views. I thrive on such controvers….

In today's distorted world of 'human rights,' truth takes a back seat to ideology, and false claims - especially those that 'support' radical ideolog….

It's never acceptable to target civilians. It violates the Geneva Accords, it violates the international law of war and it violates all principles of….

Israel and the Palestinians must resolve their own differences. The United States can play an important role as facilitator and guarantor..

When the Jews were being persecuted by the Nazis in 1944 we passed the War Refugee Act, which focused on rescuing Jews, a religious group. But if the….

In the real world in which we live, you always have to choose between evils. And in choosing between evils, you have to have moral criteria for how t….

Accusations fit on Greenwald really sounds like he's against all surveillance unless you can find a guy with the Al Qaeda card, wearing an Al Qaeda b….

I've thought hard about my psychological connections and I think I've managed to separate out the psychological from the legal, moral, and political..

What the United States has to do is send a clear message to Iran that they will not be able to develop nuclear weapons. Why endure the difficulty of ….

We live in an age where there is both more expression and more self-censorship than existed even a decade ago. Alas, laws have immunized internet car….

When I was growing up, my mother would always say, 'It will go on your permanent record.' There was no 'permanent record.' If there were a 'permanent….

In my neighborhood, everyone had an opinion on the local cantor. You didn't go to a synagogue to listen to the rabbi's sermon. You went to listen to ….

It is the wall of separation between church and state . . . that is largely responsible for religion thriving in this country, as compared to those E….

There are two kinds of terrorism. Rational terrorism such as Palestinian terrorism and apocalyptic terrorism like Sept. 11. You have to distinguish b….

There is a paranoid streak in American life. Radio talk show hosts tend to foment that paranoid streak in American life..

It's every lawyer's dream to help shape the law, not just react to it..

I came from a poor family, so working and going to school at the same time was natural. It taught me multi-tasking, although we didn't call it that b….

I feel like my 50 years at Harvard were an interlude. I'm really a New Yorker..

The prosecution wants to make sure the process by which the evidence was obtained is not truthfully presented, because, as often as not, that process….

I believe that if Israel were to put an end to the settlements in the West Bank tomorrow, as it did in Gaza, there would still be reluctance on the p….

I think most defense attorneys honestly believe the principle that says, 'Better 10 guilty go free than even one possibly innocent person be convicte….