The Currency of Conformity: The Empty Mechanics of Purity Tests
Every movement begins with an idea, but almost every movement eventually breeds a purity patrol.
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Supreme Court Declines to Hear Washington Firefighters’ Title VII Vaccine Challenge
The justices left intact a Ninth Circuit decision finding that patient transmission risks justified denying religious exemptions during a pandemic surge.
Faith, Funds, and the First Amendment: Supreme Court Opens 2026–2027 Term with High-Stakes Religious Freedom Docket
WASHINGTON — When the marshal’s traditional cry of “Oyez, Oyez, Oyez” echoes through the Supreme Court chamber on…
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…
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The Outer Limits of Religious Accommodation: Nasal Swab Test Refusing Hospital Worker Asks Supreme Court to Decide
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The Johnson Amendment Handshake: Can the White House Cut a Deal to Cancel a Law?
Showdown in the 5th Circuit
Navigating Foghorn Rhetoric and the Reality of Global Mission
A Response to Fulcrum7’s Unhinged Critique of UN Diplomatic Engagement
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.