At TED2003, NYU Professor Noah Feldman was fresh off the publication of his first book, After Jihad: America and the struggle for Islamic democracy. Like so many TED speakers before him, he adapted his talk on the fly to better suit the occasion, and delivered a fascinating speech describing religion as a kind of technology — one that can be adapted and evolved over time (and in different markets) to meet changing needs.

In the years since, Feldman has written widely (and insightfully) on both the intersection of religion and politics (his latest book: Divided by God: America’s church-state problem) and constitutional law. His latest essay, Who Can Check the President?, appeared in this Sunday’s New York Times Magazine. As usual, it’s well worth the read. But we’re still waiting for a piece based on that TED talk …