When Shrugging is Not an Option
- May/June 2025
- April 30, 2025
The angel sent to guard Eden was armed with a sword (Genesis 3:24). An angel armed with a sword appeared to Balaam (Numbers 22:23), and Jesus as the leader of the heavenly hosts appeared before Joshua armed with a sword (Joshua 5:13). Were these weapons or symbolism? And if symbolism, of what?The Mosaic law enshrined
READ MOREIn 1785 Founder James Madison, acutely aware of the dangers inherit in the religious/political alliances of Europe that had sown constant turmoil and persecution for centuries, wrote, “The religion then of every man must be left to . . . conviction and conscience. . . .This right is in its nature an unalienable right.” Every week
READ MORELocated as we are (somewhere between holograms and shapeshifters) in our march to a brave new world, the term Pilgrim is probably so far beyond archaic as to be hung up in John Wayne Cowboy World. Maybe the term surfaces at Thanksgiving, but I wouldn’t doubt that for some younger types Pilgrim is as likely
READ MOREView part 2 here: http://libertymagazine.org/article/the-ultimate-clash-of-loyalties-part-2 Conflicts between loyalties is common. It is present every day in business, societal, and personal relationships. Most of these conflicts can be mitigated through mutual communication and compromise. Even in irreconcilable conflicts of loyalty, individuals are free to disengage from one another subject to their legal responsibilities. But it is far
READ MOREIt could have been a quiet day at 36,000 feet. Upgraded into first-class leather comfort, I could have settled into the half sleep my 3:00 a.m. rising demanded. I could have, should have, done the usual for my transcontinental trips and played a nonstop background of my favorite classical music—sleep-along music, as my teenage daughter
READ MOREThe influence of France upon the United States Constitution and establishment of the republic is generally confined to the philosophers of the French Revolution and the Age of Enlightenment. Few would consider French Protestants (Huguenots) and the history of the Edict of Nantes as a serious influence on American liberty. The Huguenots are literally a
READ MOREThe word “Jesuit” is often associated with great intellectual skill, cunning, and deception. In academics the Jesuits have long been recognized as the leading order within the Catholic Church that fulfills a predominantly educational mission. Unfortunately, their intellectual expertise has in the past been used to subvert intellectual discussion. From their intellectual wranglings with the
READ MOREMore subconsciously than consciously (perhaps), I’d had always been a seeker, and part of my quest had manifested itself as a wanderlust, which in the late 1970s led me to a kibbutz in Galilee called Gadot.(Back then, a lot of wandering souls looking for the meaning of life, or seeking to find themselves, or whatever,
READ MOREThe Supreme Court’s precedent-breaking decision, Janus v. AFSCME Council 31, places a spotlight on labor unions once again. In Janus the Court held that government employees who choose to opt out of public sector union membership cannot be forced to pay “agency fees” (a percentage of union dues) to a union. Justice Alito, writing for
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