Let the Punishment Fit the Crime
Punish less and crime will increase; punish more and it will decrease.
Articles by Joseph M. Bessette
Law Man
William Barr knows the indispensability of the rule of law.
A Critique of the Eastman Memos
Joseph M. Bessette examines John Eastman’s post-election memoranda.
Dreams from My Presidency
Obama's latest memoir disappoints in its treatment of his presidency.
Sounding Presidential
Donald Trump is precisely not the type of demagogue that the founders feared.
More Justice, Less Crime
Serious decarceration will not be achieved without reducing punishment for violent crime.
All Lives Matter
Violent crime in America ebbs and flows.
Crime and Punishment
Jennifer E. Walsh reviews "The City that Became Safe: New York's Lessons for Urban Crime and Its Control (Studies in Crime and Public Policy)," by Franklin E. Zimring, and "The Collapse of American Criminal Justice," by William J. Stuntz
Hail to the Chief
A review of Thomas Jefferson and Executive Power, by Jeremy D. Bailey
Science and Faith
As a scientific theory, Darwinism must be made susceptible to scientific refutation.
The War Over the War Powers
John Yoo, presidential initiative, and war.
Is God in the Details?
A review of Modern Physics and Ancient Faith, by Stephen M. Barr;
The Design Revolution: Answering the Toughest Questions about Intelligent Design, by William A. Dembski;
By Design: Science and the Search for God, by Larry Witham;
Disarming America
By rights, Lott's new book ought to have a powerful effect on the gun control debate in the country.
Shameless Injustice
The death penalty rests on a moral judgment about good and evil, responsibility and blame.
A Plea for Pandering
The paradox is that as American politicians and professional pollsters have formed an ever tighter union, American government has become less and less responsive to public preferences.
