The Dispatch from Capitol Hill: How Dr. Gary Ross Taught a Generation to Think About Freedom
Remembering Dr. Gary Meredith Ross, Longtime Adventist Religious Liberty Advocate and Historian, Remembered for Principled Defense of Conscience.
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November 2026
Standing Firm: How Pepperdine’s Statement of Faith Bucks the Secular Trend
Southern California Christian university is welcoming the world while guarding the mission.
When “Free” Exercise Costs the State: Supreme Court Grapples With Expanding Free Exercise Clause Jurisprudence
The concept of free exercise increasingly imposes a tangible price on the state, transforming from a shield for individual belief and practice into a…
October 2026
Ali G and the Moral Autopsy of How Quickly Ordinary Citizens Capitulate to Evil
The most offensive characters on screen are not the actors wearing absurd costumes.
Does the First Amendment's Church Autonomy Doctrine Immunize Religious Employers from Title VII Liability When Terminating a Lay Employee for Conduct Contrary to Faith?
The Fourth Circuit’s recent decision in John Doe v. Catholic Relief Services, No. 25-1569 (4th Cir. Oct. 16, 2026), squarely confronts the tectonic friction…
Futurism: AI Developer Warns of Automated "Dark Factories" and Details Ways to Prepare for a Post-Labor Economy
Artificial intelligence developer Emad Mostaque anticipates that advanced AI and humanoid robots will permanently displace both cognitive and physical labor in the near future.…
Ali G and the Moral Autopsy of How Quickly Ordinary Citizens Capitulate to Evil
Let me state clearly and for the record that I do not endorse Sacha Baron Cohen’s new film, Ali G: Who Iz I? I…
The Masterson Case and the Limits of Ecclesiastical Immunity
Masterson had essentially proposed that the First Amendment grants a religious organization the right to manage the fallout of felony crimes internally. The court…
Book Review: The Free Exercise Clause and the Rights of Conscience by Donald Drakeman
Why the argument confining the free exercise clause to worship and submitting other liberty of conscience rights to the legislative process falls into a…
Does the First Amendment’s Church Autonomy Doctrine Immunize Religious Employers from Title VII Liability When Terminating a Lay Employee for Conduct Contrary to Faith?
The Fourth Circuit's recent decision in John Doe v.