A Struggle for Public Worship in Canada
by Douglas FarrowCanada's federal and provincial governments continue to operate under emergency powers that are said to trump the citizen's constitutionally guaranteed rights and freedoms. Continue Reading »
Happiness for All
by Mark BauerleinA few years ago, when a group of students at Emory University prepared to demonstrate against a controversial speaker, I asked a senior why they wanted to do so. She had a background different from that of the typical selective school attendee, a hard-edged one, and she’d already told me that . . . . Continue Reading »
Clashing Rights
by Darel E. PaulAbout halfway through his new book, Christopher Caldwell quotes John Stuart Mill on the relationship between diversity and democracy: “Free institutions are next to impossible in a country made up of different nationalities.” This sentiment haunts The Age of Entitlement. Ostensibly about . . . . Continue Reading »
Joker and Our Crisis of Solidarity
by Sohrab AhmariWhen healthy, reasonable sources of solidarity and communion are allowed to wither and die, unhealthy, unreasonable versions gather strength. Continue Reading »
Infant Baptism and the Logic of Liberalism
by Brandon McGinleyThe logic of liberalism has seeped into the faithful’s understanding of God and his Church through every imaginable pore. Continue Reading »
Unalienable Rights and Foreign Policy
by Thomas F. FarrA new commission should reaffirm the traditional place of human rights in American policy-making. Continue Reading »
Rights in Common
by Matthew D. WrightThe dazzling efficiency with which corporate America exchanges its turkeys and pumpkins for snowmen and reindeer each year confirms that our society is fully post-Christian. The occasional earnest performance of “O Holy Night” is a rule-proving exception. For the most part, endless ranks of . . . . Continue Reading »
Fake Crimes
by Carol M. SwainCatholics, Evangelical Christians, and pro-family organizations have a common adversary, one that is virulent and relentless. The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is a powerful progressive advocacy group that says its primary mission is to fight hatred, teach tolerance, and seek justice. Despite . . . . 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 »
AI Machines: Things Not Persons
by Wesley J. SmithTranshumanists insist that we are quickly approaching [R1] the moment at which technology will become an unstoppable and self-directing power that will usher in the “post-human” era. To get us from here to there requires the invention of “artificial intelligence” (AI), computers and/or robots that become “conscious” and self-programming, independent of human control. Actually, these advocates would say “who” become conscious: Transhumanists believe that AI contraptions would become self-aware and thus deserve human rights. Continue Reading »
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