Leviticus and the Times
by Robert A. J. GagnonThe speculations of Dershowitz should have little relevance. Continue Reading »
Culture War As Class War
by Darel E. PaulThe ongoing uproar after the election of Donald Trump led the sociologist James Davison Hunter to reflect in a fresh way on the engines driving political conflict and social division. Back in the early 1990s, he popularized the phrase “culture war,” the now-indispensable term to describe the . . . . Continue Reading »
Her Name Is Monroe Christine
by Brandon McGinleyEverybody has a master, I suppose. Continue Reading »
Conservative Jurisprudence Resorts to Relativism
by Hadley ArkesThe argument that most of the Court was willing to settle on in defense of Jack Phillips was a massive moral irrelevance. Continue Reading »
The Supreme Court Punts
by R. R. RenoIn today’s anti-discrimination battles, the great and the good bring their power to bear on the little people who haven’t gotten the progressive memo. Continue Reading »
No Victory for
Religious Liberty
by Darel E. Paul
The Masterpiece Cakeshop decision is not a win for religious liberty in America. Continue Reading »
The Welby Pontificate
by Stephen NollIn the face of fractious intra-church squabbles, the Archbishop of Canterbury is changing the deliberative process of the Anglican Communion. Continue Reading »
Not Rights, But Power
by Charlotte AllenThe Masterpiece Cakeshop case is actually about the power of militantly liberal governments to persecute Christians. Continue Reading »
Roy Moore’s Ridiculous Defense of Marriage
by John MurdockRoy Moore, former Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, was right to invoke Dred Scott when opposing Obergefell v. Hodges. Continue Reading »
Passion for Equality
by Mark MovsesianFear of hurt feelings may be the biggest driver of public opinion on sexuality-related court decisions. Continue Reading »
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