The Johnson Amendment Handshake: Can the White House Cut a Deal to Cancel a Law?
Put aside the furious argument over church politicking. The real fight inside the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals…
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Hegseth Establishes Pentagon Office of Religious Affairs in Sweeping State of the Force Address
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth unveiled six structural overhauls at Marine Corps Base Quantico, including direct cabinet-level access for military chaplains.
Netherlands Euthanizes 2-Year-Old Child
We have arrived at the stage where the state looks upon an acknowledged, living human being, notes their…
Chasing Shadows on Ararat: Why Faith Doesn’t Need a Wooden Boat
Noah’s Ark is in the news again but it’s too early to anchor your faith in an archaeological…
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Fulton Sheen’s Declaration of Dependence
As Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen’s beatification remains pending, his 1941 warning about freedom, rights, God, and the moral foundations of democracy deserves another reading.
“Faithful Unto Death”: The Theology of Vaccine Refusal – Was It Faith, Fear, or Legal Strategy?
The pandemic forced a difficult question: when does genuine faith end and strategic religious language begin?'''
The Court Beyond the State: Yom Kippur and the Limits of Law
Faith begins where the law ends.
Faith, Fact, and Pretext: Further Examination of the Fetal Cell Argument Against COVID-19 Vaccines
A follow-up on yesterday’s article.
The Vaccine Paradox: Why the Fetal Cell Argument is Inaccurate and Needs to Be Retired
How decades of medical history exposed the bad-faith rhetoric behind one of the biggest arguments in the vaccine culture war.
Inconsistent Liberty: How the Ninth Circuit Both Wields and Wrecks Employment Division v. Smith within 72 Hours
Federal appellate jurisprudence often demands a strong stomach, yet rarely has a single court exhibited such breathtaking intellectual acrobatics in seventy-two hours. The bone…