Law
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Funeral Homily for Justice Antonin Scalia
We are gathered here because of one man. A man known personally to many of us, known…
Getting it Right with the Constitution
The sudden death of Justice Antonin Scalia forces us to reconsider the role that the Constitution plays…
Memories of Nino
It began, for me, with a voice over the phone in May 1977: “Hadley, this is Nino…
Free Exercise, Penance, and Delaware Court
Regular First Things readers know that the late Father Richard John Neuhaus never tired of arguing that…
Mainstreaming “Animal Personhood”
Complacency is cultural subversion’s best friend. You know what I mean: When a radical proposal is voiced,…
Anger and Citizenship
The Iowa caucuses are in the rear-view mirror, the New Hampshire primary looms on the horizon, and…
The Third Temptation
In the mid-1970s, the famous Mennonite theologian and ethicist John Howard Yoder visited Calvin College to give…
The Terminators
Canada’s pending legislation on euthanasia and assisted suicide raises a question: What shall we call people who…
“Remembrance of Death” Can Overcome “Death Obsession”
I was once approached by a member of the Hemlock Society after I had delivered a speech…
Uncovering the History of the Abortion Debate
After Roe: The Lost History of the Abortion Debate by mary zieglerharvard university press, 400 pages, $39.95…
Authority, Given and Received
When Pontius Pilate warns Jesus that he has authority over life and death, Jesus reminds him, “you…
What Euthanasia Enthusiasts Really Want
Assisted-suicide advocacy is wrapped in euphemisms and false assurances. We are often told that medicalized killing will…
Looking Toward November 8
To redeploy a phrase from President Ford, our “long national nightmare”—in this case, the semi-permanent presidential campaign—will…
Why We Cannot Reach Compromise
The other day, I read a column in the National Post that made my stomach turn. It…
In Carbon and Capitalism We Trust?
At the Crossroads” was ostensibly a conservative gathering in Austin to discuss energy and “so-called global warming”…
