Law

A selection of recent articles on this topic

Of Michael Landon and Brittany Maynard

Wesley J. Smith

Michael Landon, the hugely popular television star of Bonanza, Little House on the Prairie, and Highway to…

A Paradigm Shift in International Development

Stephen Phelan

Someone from the international aid and development industry has some explaining to do. In an analysis of financial…

Lethal Ageism

Wesley J. Smith

A story out of Belgium vividly illustrates how our elderly are becoming personae non gratae in a…

Sacramental Economy

Peter J. Leithart

Money is something of a mystery. Classical economics views money as a commodity that is selected as…

Standing Against the Human “Dignity Deniers”

Wesley J. Smith

God may not be dead, but considering the imago Dei in philosophical discourse and public policy certainly…

We Must Fight ISIS with More than Missiles

Thomas F. Farr

The following testimony was given before Sub-Committees of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, September 10, 2014.…

Why Gay Rights Are Not The New Civil Rights

Stephen H. Webb

Supporters of same-sex marriage love to make analogies to the African American Civil Rights Movement. Analogies are…

Religion in a Heart-Shaped Box

Owen Strachan

I never have known the joy of owning a small, pink, heart-shaped music box. In point of…

How We Portray Suffering and Suicide

Wesley J. Smith

Those of us who have never experienced severe physical disability have no clue about the depth of…

Let Religious Freedom Ring

Timothy George

Update: In a 5-4 vote, the United States Supreme Court decided in Hobby Lobby’s favor. When Chuck…

Give Reagan a Rest

Pete Spiliakos

Conservatives have a chance to make the country more productive and work-friendly. But they can also throw…

Starvation as the New “Death with Dignity”

Wesley J. Smith

Self-starvation has become the latest craze among the “death with dignity” crowd. This has been coming on for…

We Need More First Amendment Freedom, Not Less

Mario Diaz

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis famously wrote that the answer to objectionable speech “is more speech,…

What Happened to Switzerland

Wesley J. Smith

In 2008, bioethicist Yuval Levin in his book Imagining the Future: Science and American Democracy identified a subtle…

Prisoners Are Calling. Who’s Answering?

Leah Libresco Sargeant

Prisons, at the very minimum are intended as quarantine; keeping cities and towns safer by removing criminals…