Rightly Dividing the Wrong Side of History

by Betsy Childs Howard

To determine the crux of a contemporary issue, we must first determine the crux of history. Continue Reading »

19 Jun 2014

Gay “Marriage,” Civil Rights, Power, and Principle

by Tom Gilson

Even a democracy can undermine freedom and foster the unethical rule of power. America’s founders saw this, and placed in our Constitution a Bill of Rights to preserve civil rights and protect us all from the tyranny of the majority. Gay “marriage” is often regarded as a civil . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jul 2011

Peter Wehner Discusses the City of Man: Religion and Politics in a New Era

by Gayle Trotter

“If we were pacifists, we would have been in the wrong jobs, because I don’t think it’s advisable to have pacifists in the White House, particularly for situations like 9/11.  In government, you take an oath to protect your fellow citizens and you have to take that . . . . Continue Reading »

28 Feb 2011

Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr.

by Richard John Neuhaus

I know it is a fact, but it is nonetheless hard to picture: Had he lived, Martin Luther King, Jr. would now be seventy-three years old. Everybody of a certain age has memories, if only of television images; many were there when he spoke, others marched with him in Selma or Montgomery, and some of . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Oct 2002

The Bus Stops Here

by James Nuechterlein

It’s a sad but unavoidable question: Where did the civil rights movement go wrong? A cause that, at its modern origins in the 1950s, no decent person could oppose has over the years taken turns that even many of its most committed advocates find morally problematic. It’s been a long downhill . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Nov 1999

Justice Thomas and Liberal Originalism

by Lucas E. Morel

First Principles: The Jurisprudence of Clarence Thomas.By Scott Douglas Gerber.New York University Press.  201 pp. $30.It should be no surprise that a book devoted to winnowing the law and politics arising from Justice Clarence Thomas’ appointment and tenure on the Supreme Court was written . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Oct 1999

Two Paths to Black Power

by Glenn C. Loury

The process of nominating and confirming Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court served to underline the debate about public philosophy ongoing among black Americans. The fact is that Thomas, a black of humble origins and an avowed conservative, met with vehement opposition from much of the black . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Oct 1992

The Theses of Martin Luther King, Jr.

by The Editors

News stories of recent months underscore the fact that the place of Martin Luther King, Jr. in our national mythology is still not secure. Perhaps that should not surprise us. Myth-making in a nation so large and various as ours takes time. In that light, the twenty-three years since Dr. King’s . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Feb 1991

Black Dignity and the Common Good

by Glenn C. Loury

(Editors’ Note: This paper was originally presented on February 12, 1990, as the Black History Month lecture at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C.) Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders, and the sin that so easily . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jun 1990

The Bad Old Days

by Paul Hollander

Destructive Generation: Second Thoughts about the Sixtiesby peter collier and david horowitzsummit books, 352 pages, $19.95 The retroactive glorification of the 1960s has been gathering momentum over the last decade. It reflects and in turn re-enforces what has become the conventional wisdom of a . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Apr 1990