Law

A selection of recent articles on this topic

Wealth and Whimsy: On Economic Creativity

Richard John Neuhaus

The question is: What are the theological resources of the Christian tradition for understanding the production of…

Intra-Tribal Warfare

Mary Ann Glendon

Abortion: The Clash of Absolutes by laurence h. tribe norton, 259 pages, $19.95  Abortion: The Clash of…

Poverty and Morality

Lawrence M. Mead

The Undeserving Poor: From the War on Poverty to the War on Welfare by michael b. katz…

Schools on Purpose

Charles L. Glenn

For each of the past twenty-one years the Gallup Organization has conducted a nationwide poll on attitudes…

Black Dignity and the Common Good

Glenn C. Loury

(Editors’ Note: This paper was originally presented on February 12, 1990, as the Black History Month lecture…

Law, Laws, and Human Community

Mary Ann Glendon

All I have is a voice To undo the folded lie, The Romantic lie in the brain…

Separationism for Religion’s Sake

Samuel Rabinove

At a conference last fall on “Christians, Jews, and the Free Exercise of Religion” sponsored by the…

Taking Religious Freedom Seriously

Michael W. McConnell

Passage of the Religion Clauses of the First Amendment (“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment…

Jefferson, Adams, and the Natural Aristocracy

Philip J. Costopoulos

Starting from a common premise and a shared commitment to republicanism, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams arrived…

Hope for South Africa?

John H. Chettle

A Future South Africa: Visions, Strategies, and Realities edited by peter l. berger and bobby godsell westview…

Editorial: Legalize Drugs?

The Editors

No sooner had George Bush declared a “war on drugs” and appointed William Bennett to lead the…

Timethink on the Rocks

Steven Hayward

Poor Time. Twenty-four years ago this month, the magazine brought us its Nietzschean fears with its famous…

Parable from the Prairie

John E. Coons

In 1984 a federal court held the public schools of the Kansas City, Missouri, School District to…

The Bad Old Days

Paul Hollander

Destructive Generation: Second Thoughts about the Sixties by peter collier and david horowitz summit books, 352 pages,…

Asking the Wrong Question

Kenneth R. Craycraft, Jr.

Prophetic Visions and Economic Realities: Protestants, Jews, & Catholics Confront the Bishops’ Letter on the Economy edited…