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Case in Point Jan/Feb 2024 0
- January/February 2024
- January 1, 2024
“Speech Climate” On Campuses Declines Recent clashes between pro-Palestinian students and those supporting Israel—as well as a sharp increase in reports of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia on American college and university campuses—are fueling a national debate about free speech. But according to the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), on-campus free speech problems were already
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Untying the Religious Liberty Knot 0
- January/February 2024
- January 1, 2024
An interview with author and professor Thomas C. Berg Not too long ago, religious liberty was a cherished, bipartisan constitutional value. Even as late as 1993, both sides of the political aisle in Congress rallied to pass, almost unanimously, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, giving a considerable boost to federal religious-liberty protection. Three decades later,
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General Orders No. 11 0
- January/February 2024
- January 1, 2024
General Orders No. 11 “The Jews, as a class . . . are hereby expelled.” It’s a case of history being, typically, historical. A time of crisis, even war. Economic uncertainty making matters worse, threatening perhaps the fate of the nation. People needing to blame someone smaller, weaker, and unable to defend themselves. Like the
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Tribes, Trolls, and the Power of Technology 0
- November/December 2023
- October 31, 2023
How the digital world is remaking our political order. Illustration by Mary Haasdyk Vooys For more than a decade I have worked at the intersection of the two things we are told not to bring up at holiday gatherings: religion and politics. These topics often elicit visceral reactions—especially conversations about politics, which at times take
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