If Marriage Is So Special, Then Spread It Around: Ann Woolner However passionate and polarized the gay marriage debate grows, sometimes it is difficult to tell one side from the other.

Ex-Banker Begins 3-Year Prison Term Wondering Why: Ann Woolner One of the perks of wearing the robe of a federal judge is that you don’t have to explain yourself.

Body Scan Isn’t Only Way to See Bomb in Underwear: Ann Woolner Sixteen days before an al-Qaeda trained Nigerian with explosives in his underwear boarded a Detroit-bound plane, the U.S. director of terrorist screening crowed about the “true information success” of U.S. watch- listing.

Tiger Woods’s Affairs a Gift to Lawyers: Ann Woolner (Correct) Whether a one-night hook-up or a long-running romance, a relationship without marriage rarely requires lawyers.

Cheating Husband Texting on Office Pager Sues Boss: Ann Woolner When California cop Jeff Quon wanted to talk dirty to his girlfriend at work, he did it by text. When he wanted to get personal with his wife, he texted her, too.

Cowboy Banks Get Big Bucks as Indians Get Little: Ann Woolner Over here you have the bazillions of U.S. bucks doled out to Wall Street’s cowboys for reckless conduct that wrecked the world’s economy.

Your Final Wish Isn’t Always Your Doctor’s Command: Ann Woolner You think you’ve done the legal paperwork to avoid becoming another Terri Schiavo, who was trapped in a hopeless vegetative state while her family argued over whether to keep her going.

Beachfront Owners Gone Wild With Coney Island Fear: Ann Woolner To hear waterfront homeowners tell it, the state of Florida embarked on a scheme to create a public beach alongside their private property, smack between their land and the Gulf of Mexico.

Right to Grow Pot Is Like a Right to Be Uninsured: Ann Woolner Angel Raich’s doctor swore under oath that her life depended on her getting marijuana. A caregiver was growing it for her in California, which legalized it for medicinal use.

Google Leaders Can Be Prisoners of Privacy Wars: Ann Woolner Google Inc.’s top lawyer, David Drummond, appealed to a London audience last month to help fight censorship of the World Wide Web. He mentioned China, Turkey and Thailand as some of the worst offenders of free Internet speech.