Bishop Lori of Bridgeport, Connecticut, has written the Parable of the Kosher Deli, “for those with ears to hear.” In this lesson, the government has applied a nation-wide mandate that requires kosher delicatessen’s to serve ham sandwiches. Naturally, the owners were incensed and . . . . Continue Reading »
Russell E. Saltzman on diabetes and despair : Deen thought she would be forced to change her entire life and diet, and like other newbie diabetics wasn’t quite prepared for it. I can sympathize. My 1995 diagnosis came out of the blue. I was asymptomatic; I was skinny. I had a physical . . . . Continue Reading »
Yesterday, I bemoaned the latest historical revisionism about the passage of the federal law to protect Terri Schiavo. I am so sick of the pretense that it was a Republican theocratic game—when in reality, it was a very bipartisan bill choreographed through passage by the leaders of both . . . . Continue Reading »
Elie Wiesel, for some inscrutable reason, believes that Mitt Romney owes America and the world an explanation of the posthumous baptism of Jews carried out by some elements of the Mormon church: “How come that he hasn’t spoken up after all? It’s not, I’m sure . . . . Continue Reading »
That’s one of the most enjoyable duties of teaching political science. The link is to my response to a thoroughly libertarian critique—rooted in the freedom to err—of the ‘libertarian paternalism” of “behavioral economics.” It also leads you to the Liberty . . . . Continue Reading »
The Separation of Church and State is Impossible Rollo Romig, New Yorker Gambling and the Common Good Russell Moore, Moore to the Point Is Confucianism a Religion? Peter Berger, The American Interest The Problematic Rhetoric of Religious Liberty Patrick Deneen, Front Porch Republic . . . . Continue Reading »
1. The national and Michigan polls seem to be trending in Santorum’s direction to a greater or lesser degree. It isn’t obvious to me what Romney does about this but this anti-Santorum ad isn’t getting it done. Does anybody on Earth believe that Romney . . . . Continue Reading »
Reihan Salam is one of my favorite policy writers and he had some interesting thoughts about how the issue of gay marriage impacts Rick Santorum’s chances to win the general election. This caught me a little short: But the notion that opposition to same-sex marriage is rooted in . . . . Continue Reading »
The Witherspoon Institute’s Simon Center on Religion and the Constitution, which I direct, is offering two seminars this summer for early-career faculty, and for graduate and law students. Church and State: Religion in the Young American Republic This seminar, held on the campus of the . . . . Continue Reading »
The mandate to finance pharmaceutical abortion (and contraception) impacts the religious freedom of all Americans - not just Roman Catholics, not just Christians, not just religious believers, and not just those who work in institutions that are formally religious (and which are therefore . . . . Continue Reading »
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