Opinion & Analysis
Commentary, legal analysis, and perspective on the pressing religious liberty questions of our time. Opinion pieces represent the views of the named author.
Eleventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal in Airline Vaccine Mandate Suit, Sanctions Counsel for AI-Generated Citations
The appellate court upheld the dismissal of aviation employees' challenges to pandemic-era workplace restrictions while strongly condemning their…
The Padded Cell: What Passes for Freedom in Scandinavia
Somewhere in the frozen civic imagination of the American progressive there lives a fantasy Scandinavia, a land of…
Founder’s First Freedom Sponsors Scholarly Conference on the 250th Anniversary of US Declaration of Independence
Prominent professors and scholars gathered at Washington Adventist University’s Honors College from June 30 and July 4, 2026,…
Washington Adventist University Honors College Responds to Religious Liberty Commission Report
Professors Nicholas Miller and Jonathan Scriven at Washington Adventist University Honors College Center for Law and Public Policy…
The 15-Day Window: Responding to the Religious Liberty Commission’s Draft Report
The administration has opened its blueprint for church and state to public feedback. Weighing in requires precision, not…
Socialism Promises. Communism Collects.
There is a trick that has protected failed utopias better than any secret police force. Socialism and communism,…
The Religious Liberty Commission's 224-Page Report: The Good, the Concerning, and the Wall It Wants Torn Down
On June 26, in the Oval Office, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Dr. Ben Carson handed President Donald…
The Religious Liberty Commission’s 224-Page Report: The Good, the Concerning, and the Wall It Wants Torn Down
The report’s central claim is that the “wall of separation between church and state” is a metaphor, not…
Socialism Promises. Communism Collects.
Marx called it a transition, not a destination. From Moscow to Caracas, the bill has always come due…
The Man Without a Country: A Modern Telling
A note before we begin: This story borrows its shape from Edward Everett Hale's fictional short story, "The…
3 Years After Revival at Asbury: Why the United Methodist Church Is Locking Out Its Largest Seminary
Hughes Auditorium 2003 – Asbury Revival The air inside Hughes Auditorium had grown thick with the scent of…
The Adventist Church and Political Pressure: A History of Resistance, Accommodation, and the Call to Justice
Seventh-day Adventist history is a complex tapestry of bold moral courage and institutional compromise. While early pioneers fearlessly…
Three-Alarm Fire Devastates Historic San Francisco Church Days After Sermon on Triumph Over Loss
SAN FRANCISCO – Thick black smoke poured from the roof of the San Francisco Central Seventh-day Adventist Church…
Virtual American Religious Liberty Museum Opens Today
libertymuseum.netlify.app Today, for a limited time, we’re opening The Long Argument, an interactive museum of American religious liberty…
The Priesthood of All Believers and the American Experiment
Two hundred fifty years ago this week, fifty-six men signed a document declaring that certain rights come from…
Happy Birthday America!
In a world where it has become fashionable to critique our foundations rather than cherish them, I choose…
The Man Without a Country: A Modern Telling
A note before we begin: This story borrows its shape from Edward Everett Hale’s fictional short story, “The…
The Priesthood of All Believers and the American Experiment
How the Reformation’s radical claim about conscience shaped the founders’ case for unalienable rights
