Law

A selection of recent articles on this topic

Obergefell and the New Gnosticism

Sherif Girgis

For decades, the Sexual Revolution was supposed to be about freedom. Today, it is about coercion. Once,…

An Inquisition Is Not a Witch-Hunt

David P. Goldman

It’s Dangerous to Believe: Religious Freedom and Its Enemiesby mary eberstadtharper, 158 pages, $25.99 Members of traditional…

The Worst MDs Free to Be Suicide Doctors

Wesley J. Smith

There’s an old joke that goes something like this: “What do you call the student who graduates…

Is There No Moral Law?

Douglas Farrow

The weak and ill constituted shall perish: the first principle of our philanthropy. And one shall help…

We Have A Country

Pete Spiliakos

It was never about small government. That is the bitter lesson many conservatives have learned, as they…

Is Liberalism a Heresy?

Francesca Aran Murphy

The only viable vehicle of conservatism in modernity is a market-oriented liberalism that regards freedom within law…

A Subjective Definition of “Death” Would Unleash Great Evil

Wesley J. Smith

Most people understand the word “death” to mean the end of biological life or, as Merriam-Webster defines…

Persevere and Learn (and Persevere)

Pete Spiliakos

The disaster of this presidential election is a long time in coming—it will spawn disasters beyond our…

Christian Freedom Amidst Persecution

Stephen Schwartz

Christianity and Freedom, Vol. II, Contemporary Perspectives edited by allen d. hertzke & timothy samuel shah cambridge,…

Declare Total Non-Cooperation with Assisted Suicide

Wesley J. Smith

I recently gave a speech to a group of conservative senior citizens in California, arguing against assisted…

Silence of the Churches

Nina Shea

Tomorrow, on April 29th, Rome’s white marble Trevi Fountain—its swirling waters and the charging baroque statues of…

Scientific Subversion

Wesley J. Smith

Human exceptionalism was once considered a self-evident truth. No longer. For years, advocates for radical animal-rights agendas…

After the “G-word” has been spoken

George Weigel

In the early Church, witnesses to the faith who had been persecuted and tortured but not killed…

Euthanasia by Organ Harvesting

Wesley J. Smith

Shallow are the souls that have forgotten how to shudder.—Leon Kass The ethics of medicine aren’t what…

An Ancient Clash of Civilizations

E. Christian Kopff

The Grand Strategy of Classical Sparta: The Persian Challenge by paul a. raheyale, 392 pages, $38.00 The…