Democracies have taken great pains to separate religion and the workings of law and politics. And surely, the intimacy of the religious connection of the human being and God should not be subject to the compulsion of the state. But…
Joe Biden has promised to complete the “fundamental transformation” of America that Barack Obama started. Toward that end, he vows to radicalize the judiciary. He intends to stack it with as many liberal activists as possible, whose rulings would eliminate…
Though we could talk for hours about the meaning of life and liberty, at least everyone knows the basic meanings of the words. “Pursuit of happiness,” however, is not so obvious. John Adams provided some helpful insight into all three…
No religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States. – Article VI Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. – Amendment I We…
Now is the time of the biblical holiday of Shavu’ot, translated literally as the Holiday of Weeks, coming as it does 49 days — a week of weeks — after Passover. For millennia, this holiday has been celebrated as the…
The premise behind our Constitution is that we humans are capable of governing ourselves. It is we, the people, who ordain and ratify the governmental structure through the Constitution. We retain our sovereignty — even when we delegate certain powers…
Here’s a story from Ukraine from over 200 years ago. It was the eve of the Passover holiday, and for the Jews of Berditchev, as for Jews everywhere, this was the busiest day of the year. Yet with only a…
March was an important month for George Washington. He resisted the opportunity to become a military dictator in March. And he rode away from America’s presidency in March. A man of action rather than ideas, the Virginia planter turned continental…
Nearly 20 years ago, in the wake of the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings, the masterful Wendell Berry wrote an impassioned essay. The “only result,” he wrote, of the wrenching confrontation, sponsored by the majority of the Senate’s Judiciary Committee, was…
Complaints about the 2016 election are rather easy to come by, no matter where one stands on the political spectrum this year. Some are legit, most are just so much whining, largely because access to the Internet and social media…