If apes are given the right to humane treatment, it just might become harder to deny that same right to their human… — Adam Cohen Apes Copy Share Image
The Senate should refuse to confirm nominees who do not take Congressional power seriously. — Adam Cohen Power Copy Share Image
Age discrimination is illegal. But when compared with discrimination against racial minorities and women, it is a second-class civil rights issue. — Adam Cohen Age Copy Share Image
One way to reduce the need for layoffs would be to cut back on hours, spreading the available work among more employees. — Adam Cohen Copy Share Image
There is no actual need to tighten voter ID rules: there have been extraordinarily few instances of people committing fraud at the… — Adam Cohen Fraud Copy Share Image
Escapism makes a lot of intuitive sense - whisk people away from their cares with stories of a better life. — Adam Cohen Copy Share Image
Twitter, Facebook, and other social media outlets have a great deal of information about all of us - and the government wants… — Adam Cohen Government Copy Share Image
It is hard to imagine an area in which Congress has more express constitutional authority to act than in protecting the right… — Adam Cohen Authority Copy Share Image
It's tempting to engage in anti-gun polemics and hope that popular opinion will dramatically shift, but it is also likely a mistake.… — Adam Cohen Amendment Copy Share Image
Republicans and blacks had an unlikely alliance around 'max black' after the 1990 census. By concentrating black voters in some districts, the… — Adam Cohen Alliance Copy Share Image
The Enron scandal is worthy of the highest level of scrutiny, both because of the enormity of the crimes that may have… — Adam Cohen Copy Share Image
If you're going to call a book 'The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History,' readers will expect some serious carrying on about… — Adam Cohen Copy Share Image
When tulip mania dies down, all that remains are pretty flowers. When bubbles burst, nothing is left but soapy residue. But the… — Adam Cohen Changing the world Copy Share Image
The whole New Deal was in a sense just a series of public options, some more optional than others, that offered government… — Adam Cohen Government Copy Share Image
Amazon is holding its own because the service it provides - offering millions of books and other items quickly and easily from… — Adam Cohen Copy Share Image
There was a rule, back when I was an education lawyer in Alabama, about visiting public schools: always go on a rainy… — Adam Cohen Copy Share Image
Regency romances end in marriage; zombie stories end in the zombies being vanquished. 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies' delivers both. — Adam Cohen Copy Share Image
There is no need for neighborhood informants and paper dossiers if the government can see citizens' every Web site visit, e-mail and… — Adam Cohen Copy Share Image
Liberal judges tend to be expansive about things like equal protection, while conservatives read more into ones like 'the right to bear… — Adam Cohen Conservatives Copy Share Image
Ballot formats should be standardized nationally rather than left to the often bad judgment of local officials. — Adam Cohen Copy Share Image
As much as possible, location-specific information should not be collected in the first place, or not in personally identifiable form. — Adam Cohen First place Copy Share Image
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is the major achievement of President Obama's first term. — Adam Cohen Achievement Copy Share Image
A key reason that elections are run so badly is that in most states, political partisans are in charge. — Adam Cohen Democracy Copy Share Image
DMs are a lot like email - and should have the same privacy protections as a mailed letter. — Adam Cohen Copy Share Image
Congress needs to toughen the laws protecting elections and make clear that anyone interfering with democracy will pay a stiff price. — Adam Cohen Copy Share Image
Supporters of tough voter ID laws are not afraid of vote fraud - they are afraid of democracy. — Adam Cohen Democracy Copy Share Image
For people worried about the Great Recession and the uncertainty of what is coming next, the characters of 'Mad Men' are good… — Adam Cohen Business Copy Share Image
As self-driving cars become more common, there will be a flood of new legal questions. — Adam Cohen Copy Share Image
When the gun lobby fights gun-control legislation, its logic is clear: it does not like laws that prevent people from owning or… — Adam Cohen Amendment Copy Share Image
Corporations have enormous treasuries, and there are a lot of things they want from government, many of which clash with the public… — Adam Cohen Corporations Copy Share Image
Serving up ads based on behavioral targeting can itself be an invasion of privacy, especially when the information used is personal. — Adam Cohen Cybersecurity Copy Share Image
Voter ID laws have a disproportionate impact on groups that lean democratic - including blacks, hispanics and students. — Adam Cohen Impact Copy Share Image
The minimum wage can play a vital role in lifting hard-working families above the poverty line. — Adam Cohen Families Copy Share Image
A publicly run health care program could compete with private insurance companies, which have a record of overcharging and underperforming. — Adam Cohen Care Copy Share Image
Social Security, all public and no option, rescued older Americans from living their final years in poverty. — Adam Cohen Copy Share Image
The blogosphere makes it possible to have a sprawling national conversation about the hard times - often among people who would never… — Adam Cohen Communication Copy Share Image
The anti-New Deal line is wrong as a matter of economics. F.D.R.'s spending programs did help the economy and created millions of… — Adam Cohen Economics Copy Share Image
Mass layoffs produce big winners and losers. Most workers who remain are financially unscathed, even though their employer is struggling. — Adam Cohen Copy Share Image
When the government takes video of people in public places, the images should only be kept as long as they may reasonably… — Adam Cohen Copy Share Image
It makes sense to have cameras in places where terrorism and crime are of particular concern - such as in Times Square… — Adam Cohen Bridges Copy Share Image
