Copyright 2008 The New York Sun Fri, 16 May 2008 02:29:22 -0400 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Articles from the Editorials Section of The New York Sun. http://www2.nysun.com/section/3 istoll@nysun.com (Ira Stoll) webmaster@nysun.com en-us New York Sun Editorial http://www2.nysun.com/editorials/bloombergs-next-term/ Fri, 16 May 2008 02:17:38 EST After years on the public stage, Mayor Bloomberg is a puzzle even to those who watch him closely. On the one hand he has thrown himself into the mayoralty, winning re-election — and, in political terms, vindication — by a wide margin. On the other hand, his public flirtation with the presidency ended up raising more doubts than it answered. The more the current presidential race grinds on, the greater the impact it appears, at least to the editors of these columns, he could have had had he not... New York Sun Editorial http://www2.nysun.com/editorials/wisdom-of-albany/ Fri, 16 May 2008 02:17:38 EST In respect of the decision by the justices of the Supreme Court to legalize gay marriage, let us associate ourselves with the dissent of Judges Marvin Baxter and Ming Chin, who wrote, "If such a profound change is to occur, the People and their representatives, who represent the public conscience, should have the right, and the responsibility, to control the pace of that change through the democratic process." If there is to be gay marriage, in other words, let it be voted by the legislatures... New York Sun Editorial http://www2.nysun.com/editorials/bushs-covenant/ Fri, 16 May 2008 02:17:38 EST As far as political reactions go, it was a weird one. President Bush gave a beautiful and moving speech in the capital of Israel to give voice to America's solidarity with the Jewish state. He reached back to Herzl and beyond, declaring that the establishment of the State of Israel was, as the president put it, "the redemption of an ancient promise given to Abraham and Moses and David — a homeland for the chosen people ..." "Israel's population," Mr. Bush said, "may be just over 7 million. But... New York Sun Editorial http://www2.nysun.com/editorials/je-recuse/ Wed, 14 May 2008 23:46:22 EST At a time when the chief judge of New York State's highest court is suing in a court inferior to her to get a raise, what is one to make of the case of American Isuzu Motors v. Ntsebeza? That is the case in which opponents of South African apartheid are trying to get damages from American corporations that did business in South Africa during the years of the apartheid regime. The case wended all the way up to the Supreme Court of the United States, where the corporations discovered they could... New York Sun Editorial http://www2.nysun.com/editorials/murdoch-sulzberger-gap/ Wed, 14 May 2008 23:46:22 EST We'd heard that Rupert Murdoch was planning to reshape the Wall Street Journal so that it would compete more directly with the New York Times, but we didn't think he meant it that way. That was the reaction of more than a few Wall Street Journal readers yesterday when confronted with the Journal's front-page headline, "China Earthquake Exposes A Widening Wealth Gap." It was reminiscent of the old joke about the New York Times headline when the world comes to an end: Planet Destroyed; Poor...