Law
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Natural Rights, The Imago Dei, and the Moral Economy of Sex
Remarks prepared for “Human Rights and the Sexualization of Culture,” the Fourth Annual Symposium of the Center for…
Why Louisiana Can’t Break the Confessional’s Seal
In January of this year, the U.S. Supreme court declined to intervene in a case in which…
Europe’s Euthanasia Craze
The case of Frank Van Den Bleeken—the Belgian murderer and rapist who requested to be euthanized rather…
The Historical Kevorkian
I am often asked for interviews by students who are writing papers about the assisted suicide issue.…
Now Is the Time to Invest in the Future
The recent news of GDP growth indicates that the United States has turned a corner, but that…
A Teacher’s Guide to Discussing Religion in the Classroom
While I was attending a professional development workshop for nearly two-hundred teachers several weeks ago, a particularly…
Religious Freedom and American History
Stephen Cox is Professor of Literature at the University of California-San Diego, editor of Liberty, a journal…
Seduced and Betrayed
Just Babies: The Origins of Good and Evil? by paul bloom crown, 288 pages, $26 On a…
A Legal Perspective on the Marriage Pledge
Many of the responses to the Marriage Pledge from both sides of the divide on same-sex marriage have…
Why I Changed My Mind on Civil Marriage
Christopher Seitz and I recently formulated a “marriage pledge,” which First Things has hosted. It asks signers…
To Rend Is Not to Retreat
Due to an editorial error, a non-final draft of this article was initially posted. Please accept our…
Death With Aesthetics
We don’t speak plainly in public discourse anymore. Rather, we equivocate and deploy euphemisms to sanitize our…
Frank Wolf: An Appreciation
For the first time since 1978, Frank Wolf’s name will not appear on the November ballot in…
Of Michael Landon and Brittany Maynard
Michael Landon, the hugely popular television star of Bonanza, Little House on the Prairie, and Highway to…
A Paradigm Shift in International Development
Someone from the international aid and development industry has some explaining to do. In an analysis of financial…
