Mary Ann Glendon

Religion remains a divisive issue on the Supreme . . . . Continue Reading »

The suggestion has been made on occasion in these pages that Americans are engaged in a Kulturkampf, a contest over the role of common American moral intuitions in contributing to fundamental understandings of what kind of society we wish to be. There are few signs of any such struggle, however, in . . . . Continue Reading »

Abortion: The Clash of Absolutes by laurence h. tribe norton, 259 pages, $19.95  Abortion: The Clash of Absolutes is an expert brief on behalf of strict adherence to the terms of the abortion liberty granted in Roe v. Wade, no matter how much leeway the Supreme Court may give to legislatures in . . . . Continue Reading »

All I have is a voice To undo the folded lie, The Romantic lie in the brain Of the sensual man-in-the-street And the lie of Authority Those buildings grope the sky: There is no such thing as the State And no one exists alone. . . .  —W. H. Auden, September 1, 1939 The April 1989 . . . . Continue Reading »

It is doubtful that there is any substantial American consensus on what the flag symbolizes, because it is becoming hard to specify in what sense this increasingly heterogeneous country is a “nation.” . . . . Continue Reading »