Clocking in at 72 verses, Psalm 78 is one of the longest in the Jewish and Christian Psalters. At great length, it recalls the story of the Hebrew nation, focusing especially on the special, covenantal relationship between the Jewish people…
The Religious Right has left. So says National Review fellow Nate Hochman, penning a long essay in the New York Times on the declining clout of religious conservatives. The New Right that continues to gain ground within the Republican Party…
The Biden administration has canceled yet another set of student loans. This time, the government “forgave” the money owed by those who attended Corinthian College, a for-profit education group now defunct. Many have attacked this series of loan cancellations as…
Linda Greenhouse has had it with public policy arguments based on religious beliefs. In a recent New York Times op-ed, Greenhouse attacks such appeals as dangerous and un-American, arguing the U.S. now “lurches toward theocracy” because we “let God into…
Wars over education are nothing new. Just counting the last 150 years, Americans have debated the role in the classroom of Roman Catholicism, prayer, evolution, intelligent design, sexuality, and other hot-button issues, often at times when the same concerns dominated…
Justice Stephen Breyer needs to get with the program. At least that’s what many on the left think after last week. In remarks made for Harvard Law School, the Supreme Court justice threw cold water on progressives’ desire to expand…
We often see liberty as in contest with law. Laws tell us what not to do, thereby restricting our freedom to act. But the Supreme Court on Thursday showed us how law protects liberty. While most eyed the Supreme Court…
“You don’t have the votes. You don’t have the votes.” So sing Thomas Jefferson and James Madison at their rival, Alexander Hamilton, in Lin Manuel Miranda’s hit musical. Hamilton, serving as the first Treasury secretary, at that point lacked the…
The ballot battles have gone judicial. In response to COVID-19, litigation rages over what changes states should make to their election laws to accommodate voters. Nowhere do these lawsuits matter more than in the Midwestern swing states that may prove…