Liberty
R.I.P. The Scottish Enlightenment 1697-2024
That’s the title of an article that appeared this week at the Daily Sceptic. It presents a bleak but accurate picture of Scotland’s recent sad decline. Here’s an excerpt. The…
Religious text
type of creative work
Liberty
New book offers tools for reading The Book
Nicholas Frankovich of National Review Online explores the merits of Sarah Ruden’s new book on Bible reading. We would value the written word more if we didn’t have so much…
Law & Public Safety
The rules of the game
Kevin Williamson of National Review Online explores the constitutional limitations on President Trump’s actions. What President Trump is learning is that politics isn’t only about the rules. It’s also about…
Elections & Public Integrity
Conservatives can help liberals learn to accept Trump
Mollie Hemingway of the Federalist website explains how conservatives can help their liberal counterparts come to terms with the reality of a Donald Trump presidency. Folks on the Right, regardless…
Law & Public Safety
Former JLF speaker assesses Constitution’s continuing importance
Historian Wilfred McClay (a former John Locke Foundation Headliner) used Constitution Day to remind National Review Online readers of the 228-year-old document’s continuing importance to American society. It is a…
Liberty
Taking aim at a Progressive myth involving Christ
Lawrence Reed of the Foundation for Economic Education rebuts the common claim that “Jesus Christ Was a Progressive Because He Advocated Income Redistribution to Help the Poor.” You don’t have…
Liberty
Bend-over Brits bend over again
Hey, Borders already did this a few years ago, but, as Allahpundit points out, it’s one thing for a business to cave and another for a state: Muslims have complained…
Liberty
Religion and the N&R
In an interesting letter to the editor, former Guilford County Republican Party chair Marcus Kindley takes N&R editorialists to task for Sunday’s lead editorial stating that local religious leaders would…
Liberty
Pearls of the Great Price
The Washington Post had a story yesterday about how Democrats are trying to close the “God gap” with Republicans: At a meeting of the House Democrats’ Faith Working Group, a…
Liberty
Bible in schools
Those who follow the role of the Scriptures in the public school classroom might find this interesting. I just realized that I thought of posting this only after reading John’s…
Liberty
UNC-Chapel Hill picks a fight ? batten down the hatches, folks
The Chronicle of Higher Education (subscriber site) announced today that UNC-CH’s spring commencement speaker will be “The Rev. Peter J. Gomes, a professor of Christian morals at Harvard University.” If…
Liberty
Re: [Blogs are] nothing new
That’s an excellent column, Paul. I’ll take the comparison to Luther’s 95 Theses any day; it’s very apt. Luther nailing his “blog” on the outside of the church (pro fano…