The social network that you can wear
- LIFESTYLE
- February 6, 2015
By Bruce Cameron Illustration by James Mellett The main problem with becoming a lawyer is not lawyer jokes;it is going to law school. I remember my fears. Most college seniors who wanted to get into my school were rejected. Those who got in nursed the general suspicion that they might not be as smart as
READ MORERuminations of a second-generation Holocaust survivor For many years I served as a policy and advocacy official with the American Jewish Committee, and today I remain active in pursuing the issues and promoting the values to which I dedicated my career. I am a Religious Freedom Fellow at the Freedom Forum, a leader on civil
READ MOREI know that many Christians were startled recently to hear televangelist Pat Robertson call for the elimination/assassination of President Chavez of Venezuela. Astute political observers know that such an idea is not exactly off the table: indeed; it was a failed U.S.-backed coup against Chavez that fed his paranoia. But official U.S. policy forbids such
READ MOREWhat is the "original meaning" of the First Amendment's religion clauses? Though in Everson v. Board of Education (1947), the Supreme Court advanced the "strict separation" account of the Establishment Clause, dissenting scholars and judges have argued for an "accommodationist" alternative instead. In Boerne v. Flores, meanwhile, Justices O'Connor and Scalia used history to defend
READ MOREThose who study human behavior as a science often comment on the destructive power of guilt. Unresolved guilt can destroy self-respect and create dangerous pathologies. A group of moral vigilantes interrupted Jesus as He was teaching in the Temple. They threw their prey in front of Him and gathered around with clamors for action. "This
READ MOREWorking For Freedom By James D. Standish The name Eric Liddell may have faded into obscurity, but at the 1924 Paris Olympic Games, Eric's name was on everyone's lips. Eric, a strapping Scotsman with an enormous athletic prowess, had done what few others have. After years of training, and with the Olympic expectations of his
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