American society is now open for a debate about the morality of abortion, and I dare say many other things. That’s a debate the left wishes to forestall, and they will do so by keeping our voices out of the public square. Continue Reading »
Let us resolve, in this new year, to push back against the fashionable narrative that our society is more divided than ever. Continue Reading »
Thousands of Cubans have taken to the streets from one end of the island to the other, chanting “liberty,” “down with the dictatorship,” and “down with communism.” Continue Reading »
Yesterday was just one more day in America's long history of political violence. Continue Reading »
The sort of conflicts that have occurred at other colleges and universities at last came to Northwestern. Continue Reading »
Britain's news headlines are not dominated by events in its most recently ceded colony but by domestic protests about police violence in Minneapolis. Continue Reading »
A few days ago, I joined a group of people praying outside a Planned Parenthood clinic in Washington, D.C. Continue Reading »
It’s never the right thing to avoid explaining that white supremacy is evil. Continue Reading »
In today’s deeply divided America, the public debate is too often being framed by those who substitute invective for argument while demonstrating a visceral contempt for normal democratic political and legal process. Unless reason reasserts itself over passion, the potential for short-term chaos is great and the risk of long-term damage even greater. Continue Reading »
A protest isn’t only a way to gauge the strength of feeling or strength of numbers on a side; it is also a way of judging character. A person on the other side, or who hasn’t made up his or her mind on an issue, observes a protest and asks: “If they win, what would it be like to live in a community in which their side is ascendant?” Continue Reading »
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