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 »
You Can Say That
by Mark BauerleinWhile I was talking with our longtime contributor Hadley Arkes this month, he quoted a statement that I haven’t been able to get out of my head: “One man’s vulgarity is another’s lyric.” It’s a simple maxim, easy to remember, with balance and brevity plus the air of a schoolmarm’s . . . . 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 »
Campus Moralism, Old and New
by Connor GrubaughThe question is not what makes free speech, but what makes good speech. Continue Reading »
The Revolution Eats One of Its Own Midwives
by Carl R. TruemanVeteran human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell finds himself on the receiving end of the world he unwittingly helped to create. Continue Reading »
Rights Talk, Majority Tyranny, and the Harms We “See”
by James R. RogersContinuing arguments over gun rights and violence brought to mind Tocqueville’s observation that he knew “no country where there prevails, in general, less independence of mind and less true freedom of discussion than in America.” This, for Tocqueville, occurred because “In America, the . . . . Continue Reading »
Georgetown and the Death of Moral Discourse
by Carl R. TruemanRecent events at Georgetown University are symptomatic of the degeneration of moral discourse in America. Continue Reading »
The Student Speech Police
by Mark BauerleinWe have a strange transformation taking place on campus today. Back in the ‘60s, at Berkeley and elsewhere, students formed Free Speech Movements and struck down one propriety and norm after another. Continue Reading »
In Praise of Folly
by Carl R. TruemanThe reactions to the attack on Charlie Hebdo highlight the odd affinity between the left and radical Islam and also draw attention to the unsung—and Augustinian—champions of liberal democracy: Satirists. Continue Reading »
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