Law

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Waco: A Massacre and Its Aftermath

Dean M. Kelley

Back in the late 1920s the finger of God touched Victor Houteff, and he left the Orthodox…

The Family and the Constitution

David Wagner

The family occupies a precarious position in the liberal democracies of today. It still exists; it sometime…

The Hipster and the Organization Man

Wilfred M. McClay

From all appearances, it is now back in style to be critical of American individualism. Indeed, that…

Liberalism vs. Religious Freedom

Mark C. Henrie

Religious Liberty in the Supreme Court: The Cases that Define the Debate over Church and State terry…

Abortion Facts and Feelings

Hadley Arkes

The story is told of a young student from an exotic place, a colonial dependency of Britain,…

Sorting Us Out

Peter L. Berger

All persons of good will have reason to rejoice over the progress made in recent years in…

War in the Classroom

Charles L. Glenn

Battleground: One Mother’s Crusade, The Religious Right, and the Struggle for Control of our Classrooms by stephen…

Justice Lite

Robert H. Bork

Political Liberalism by john rawls columbia university press, 401 pages, $29.95 Americans are justifiably anxious about the…

Religion and the Court 1993

Raul F. Yanes and Mary Ann Glendon

Religious litigants claimed victories in all four cases involving religious freedom to reach the Supreme Court this…

Recruiting for the Revolution

Richard John Neuhaus

The Public Square The Nation is ecstatic. Its cover story “The Gay Moment” evinces high confidence that…

A Smith for All Seasons

Michael Novak

Adam Smith in His Time and Ours: Designing the Decent Society by jerry z. muller free press,…

The Problem of Power

Mark C. Henrie

The Nature of Politics: Selected Essays of Bertrand de Jouvenel edited by dennis hale and marc landy…

Against Peer Fear

Richard John Neuhaus

In response to many inquiries, we are pleased to report that Father Neuhaus continues to recover very…

The Complexities of Natural Law

David Solomon

Natural Law Theory: Contemporary Essays edited by robert p. george clarendon/oxford university press, 371 pages, $39.95 A…

Nihilism and the End of Law

Phillip E. Johnson

When President Bush nominated Judge Clarence Thomas to a vacancy on the United States Supreme Court, liberals…