As the left becomes increasingly extreme in its use of the coercive power of government, hopefully Americans will realize that religious liberty remains the firmest bulwark against this secular inquisition. Continue Reading »
Islam,” Mustafa Akyol writes in his latest book, “is not the powerful, creative, sophisticated, beautiful civilization that it once was.” Instead, Akyol argues in Reopening Muslim Minds, Islam is in a crisis, a crisis that cannot simply be blamed on Western colonialism or imperialism. . . . . Continue Reading »
The fight for freedom can be intoxicating. Defining it has proved more difficult.
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Your financial support is a vote of confidence in what we’re doing online and in the magazine. But it’s more than that. The inflow of donations shows that lots of people are willing to take a position, to stand up and be counted. Continue Reading »
We need a society that is at least liberal, but not merely liberal. Continue Reading »
Thomas Mann’s 1929 novella Mario and the Magician describes the performance of an ominous hypnotist at a seaside resort. The magician entertains his gullible audience by placing individuals in a trance before making them humiliate themselves by dancing ludicrously on stage. The setting . . . . Continue Reading »
The idolatry of absolute autonomy leads to the violent sacrifice of the weak. Continue Reading »
When public officials allow people to gather in secular settings but not religious ones, the government effectively declares that religious practice is not really necessary. Continue Reading »
People seem no longer to understand that freedom is not an ordinary thing; it does not occur spontaneously. Continue Reading »
Québec has not abandoned religious faith; it has simply redirected that faith toward a state-centered nationalism. Continue Reading »
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