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Legalize Sports Betting Dec. 31, 2017
Americans have long since broken free of their Puritan past, but the Puritan impulse is not quite de... Read More
Goodbye, Jesus Dec. 11, 2017
I'm getting a little sick of Jesus. When I was a kid in Catholic school, back in the early 1960s, Je... Read More
A Wedding Cake and the Blessings of Liberty Dec. 06, 2017
This week, the Supreme Court hears Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. Jack P... Read More
Faith, Art and Cake Before the Supreme Court Dec. 06, 2017
This week the U.S. Supreme Court hears what will most likely be a landmark case concerning freedom. ... Read More
Trump's Justice Department Takes on Harvard's Asian Quotas Nov. 29, 2017
The U.S. Justice Department finally is confronting Harvard University and other elite colleges that ... Read More
Why Roy Moore Matters Nov. 28, 2017
Why would Christian conservatives in good conscience go to the polls Dec. 12 and vote for Judge Roy ... Read More
Will Political Setbacks Unite the Republican Party? Nov. 17, 2017
The inexorable workings of the political marketplace seem to be enforcing some discipline over hithe... Read More
ABA and Dems Smear Court Picks Nov. 15, 2017
Democrats and the liberal media are slamming President Trump for packing federal courts with "unfit"... Read More
Senate Prepares to Strike a Blow for Freedom Nov. 15, 2017
Eight years ago, Sen. Orrin Hatch argued in a Senate Finance Committee then controlled by Democrats ... Read More
An Acid Test for the Self-Righteous Right Nov. 13, 2017
Whenever a politician insists too much on his own pious morality — and his duty to impose that... Read More
Social Conservatives Finally Find an Activist Judge They Can Embrace Nov. 07, 2017
For quite some time now conservative Republicans have been screaming about activist judges who put t... Read More
His Majesty Anthony Kennedy Oct. 27, 2017
Whenever I write about American democracy, I inevitably get angry letters from people who yell at me... Read More
Be a Lobbyist or a Lawmaker Oct. 16, 2017
Some things should go without saying. A sitting alderman shouldn't work as a lobbyist for a firm doi... Read More
Scalia's Legacy Oct. 13, 2017
I knew the late Justice Antonin Scalia a little, and like millions of others, I was an avid fan of h... Read More
Does Reproductive Freedom Require Forcing People to Sin? Oct. 11, 2017
Last Friday the Trump administration unveiled regulations that let a wider range of employers claim ... Read More
War on Cops Goes to Court Oct. 11, 2017
The war on cops is moving from the streets to the U.S. Supreme Court. Last week, the Justices heard ... Read More
In the Gun Debate, Bipartisan Hypocrisy Oct. 05, 2017
Republicans and Democrats don't agree on much, but they agree that sometimes, individual freedom mus... Read More
To Limit Gerrymandering, Supreme Court Needs Just to Reaffirm Equal Population Requirement Sep. 29, 2017
Next week, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Gill v. Whitford, a case challenging Wiscons... Read More
The Weird Odyssey of Trump's Travel Bans Sep. 28, 2017
The weird odyssey of President Donald Trump's travel bans continues. The original ban, signed as an ... Read More
The Religious vs. Gays -- Whose Constitutional Rights Matter Most? Sep. 23, 2017
America, the land of the free and the home of the brave. What's the phrase mean to you? To me, it me... Read More
