Law
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JB: 5.09.06 Jonah Goldberg notes…
Jonah Goldberg notes this front-page Washington Post story about the history of American immigration¯essentially claiming that debates…
RJN: 4.13.06 In Rome, the station church…
In Rome, the station church today is St. John Lateran, the parish church of the Bishop of…
The Truth About Religious Freedom
Just now, as Islamic nations wrestle both with new theoretical ideas and new public policies concerning religious…
MN: 2.23.06 The Huge Event of the Week…
The Huge Event of the Week, February, 20-25 An ominously huge event overshadows reality this week, and…
RJN 1.26.06 And so, nine…
And so, nine months into the pontificate, Benedict XVI has issued his first encyclical. (It is dated…
JB: 11.21.05 Reading by Osmosis…
Reading by Osmosis You know ¯ My sister osmoted The Mill on the Floss , a marvelous…
“I’ve been looking for…
“I’ve been looking for something not to like,” a reader writes, “and now I’ve found it. You’re…
Harriet Miers continues to…
Harriet Miers continues to be pilloried by numerous conservatives, and some of them are being quite nasty…
An Indifferent Reconciliation
Is the Reformation Over? An Evangelical Assessment of Contemporary Roman Catholicism by Mark A. Noll Baker Academic.…
Letter from Ty’r Glyn
I write to you from Wales, my last address, confirmed now in the idleness which age and…
Briefly Noted 25
Freedom Just Around the Corner: A New American History 1585-1828. By Walter A. McDougall. HarperCollins. 638 pp.…
The Supreme Court Rules: 2004
The Supreme Court Rules: 2004 by Michael M. Uhlmann For those old enough to remember the way…
Conciliating Hatred
These days, if you announce that the Supreme Court is doing politics rather than law you will…
Publick Religion: Adams v. Jefferson
The civic catechisms of our day still celebrate Thomas Jefferson’s experiment in religious liberty. To end a…
The Enemies of Religious Liberty
It is common for religious believers to lament the Supreme Court’s barely concealed hostility to the free…