Amitai Etzioni

Private firms have become uneasy about keeping tabs on customers, but they should put collective safety ahead of profit.

The president vows to tackle inequality, but his cautious proposals are bound to disappoint those who believe his promises.

Elizabeth Warren and her Democratic allies should not fool themselves into thinking that Americans who are angry at elites and corporations also favor wealth redistribution.

Why does the system penalize quid pro quo bribery severely but shrug off the malign effects of campaign donations?

The old pitfalls of new sensitivities in political speech

The newspaper's editor defends Edward Snowden-related scoops with flimsy, self-contradictory reasoning.

In a representative democracy, data only goes so far—and knowledge is no substitute for real regulation.

Turning phone-metadata collection over to telephone companies or a third party introduces new security risks without meaningfully addressing civil-liberties concerns.

Until Democrats—liberals and centrists alike—show government can work, the public won't be receptive to government-driven social-justice proposals.

Strange times: Paul Ryan embraces anti-poverty programs, business groups strike back, and The Economist lauds regulation and downplays privacy concerns.