In traditional cultures, elders feel a duty to introduce the young to an education in virtue. In nontraditional modern cultures, adults feel no such duty. They expose children to vice — look at all the moral rot in public schools…
Democracy emerged in the West as a consequence of secularization. Religion lost its privileged position in human life, we embraced material science and secular philosophy, and democracy began to take hold. Religion is imperious, intolerant of answers other than its…
The Pew Research Center published a study last week that predicts Christians will make up less than half of Americans by around 2050, if current trends hold. According to this scenario, Americans will be split in 2070 between 46 percent…
Justice Sonia Sotomayor has emerged as the Supreme Court’s most outspoken secularist. She subscribes fervently to the left’s myths about a religiously neutral Constitution. In a recent dissent, she complained that the majority on the court “continues to dismantle the wall…
As I listen to the various discussions and speculations about the horrible — but all too common — mass killing at the Uvalde Elementary School, I am haunted by the core analysis that seems to be unacceptable to our elites….
To hear secularists talk about the First Amendment, one would think the Founding Fathers had established it to prevent Americans from any exposure to religion, as if George Washington and company had drawn the Constitution up not for Christians but…
“By the end of January 2022, the Navy had received 3,740 religious exemption requests — none of which had been granted,” reports the Daily Mail. Not even military chaplains can get exemptions. “It’s a kick in the gut for sure,” a long-serving…
Almost everyone in the intellectual debate over the future of American conservatism these days seems to recognize that the 17th-century English philosopher John Locke is key to its resolution. At one time, Locke was the unquestioned inspiration for the ideals behind America’s Declaration…
Joe Biden’s secularism pervades the federal government. He is rooting out all the rules and regulations that his predecessor established in defense of religious freedom. Earlier this month, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) rescinded Donald Trump’s rule…
I read in the New York Times a guide to not buying anything new this Christmas. I expect this will make department store owners happy, after a year and a half of recession from the pandemic. Actually, I can think of…