Each year, the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission hosts an annual meeting of its Research Institute. In years past, we’ve had a range of topics and presenters. From Ken Myers […]
Is “Orientation” a Useful Word Anymore?
The spirit of the age conflates patterns of sexual desire with personal identity. Thus, if you’re attracted to the opposite sex, you’re heterosexual; to the same sex, homosexual; and to […]
Language, Falsehood, and Coercion at the University of Minnesota
A news report out of Minnesota indicates that the University of Minnesota is on the verge of getting into the language policing business. According to the report: The U is […]
New SCOTUS Nominee Means Reports of Social Conservatism’s Death are Greatly Exaggerated
The Supreme Court’s reign of social progressivism is hopefully coming to an end. Anyone in defense of the Permanent Things—life, marriage, religious liberty—should greet the news of the nomination of […]
Yes, Lavish Socialism is Hypocritical
Elizabeth Bruenig at the Washington Post has a column this morning saying that conservatives who note hypocrisy when, for example, a socialist like Bernie Sanders buys an additional home, should be […]
How 5th Century Augustine Helps 21st Century American Christians Understand July 4
Over the course of my dissertation, I did a fair amount of reading in Augustine. In his famous work, The City of God Against the Pagans (Book 19, Chapter 17), Augustine reflects […]