`Civilian casualty'? That's a gray area By Alan Dershowitz, ALAN DERSHOWITZ is a professor of law at Harvard. He is the author, most recently, of "Preemption: A Knife that Cuts Both Ways."
Memories of a mean season By Andrew Klavan, Andrew Klavan lives in Santa Barbara. His new mystery novel, "Damnation Street," will be published in September. Website: andrewklavan.com
Upending the house of labor By Nelson Lichtenstein, NELSON LICHTENSTEIN teaches history at UC Santa Barbara, where he directs the Center for the Study of Work, Labor and Democracy.