I was young. It was the 1980s. I had a hot, black, complete with pop-up headlights and a vanity plate reading "KTCHME." It was a great car, a great plate. Today if I chose a vanity plate it would probably be a bit more sedate. The question is Would it be sedate enough, and, more
READ MOREComment on Liberty of Conscience: In Defense of America's Tradition of Religious Equality. By Martha C. Nussbaum, 406 pages, Basic Books. In Sophocles' tragedy Antigone is caught between her religion and her state. After her brother is killed assaulting the city, her uncle Creon forbids her to bury him. But according to the tenets of
READ MOREIn 1996, as part of a massive welfare reform bill, Congress enacted a provision that came to be known as "Charitable Choice," requiring government to partner with "faith-based" organizations (FBOs) on the same basis as other nonprofits to deliver services to the poor. The legislation was hotly debated, and later became the basis of President
READ MOREHowever, in this time of war (especially an unpopular one) and economic woes, the church-state issues are somewhat less likely to sway large voting blocs, in comparison to the "values voting" that contributed to George W. Bush's narrow reelection four years ago. Church-state issues are usually included under the rubric of social issues to differentiate
READ MOREChange: how's that for a politically charged title? In your eye, lawyers who might say that Liberty can't speak to political issues! Especially now—either just before or just after a U.S. Presidential election! Well, let's roll, as they say, and speak directly to the times and the issues. First a backup, to keep my job
READ MOREFew people would suspect a church of trying to arrange things so that its clergy would be allowed to break a law with impunity. Yet that is arguably what is happening in Hungary. In an effort to wean the populace off vodka and crack down on the mayhem caused by drunk drivers, Hungary's parliament recently
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