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Wiretap: Rand Paul to police: Demilitarize

  The libertarian right and the civil-justice left have clearly found common ground on the subject of the militarization of the police. Rand Paul writes...

Littwin: A sudden calm in Ferguson

  THE story isn't over. A young man is still dead. We still don't know what happened. A community is still outraged. The protests will...

Wiretap: So far from Mayberry

You've seen the pictures of the protests in Ferguson, Mo., after the police shooting of Michael Brown. How did this come to be? What does it mean for our country?

Wiretap: Treating Ebola

The doctor leading the fight against Ebola in Sierra Leone fell ill with the disease, and doctors decided not to use ZMapp. He died, and the unused doses went to two American aid workers in Liberia.

Wiretap: Counting bullets in Ferguson, Mo.

Why did Michael Brown die in Ferguson, Mo.? Making sense from vast disagreement.