Your Other Right
- July/August 2002
- July 1, 2002
By Jim Walker Illustration by Ralph Butler IN DEALING WITH PIRATES AND TERRORISTS THE NEWLY FORMED UNITED STATES of AMERICA REAFFIRMED ITS NONRELIGIOUS STATUS. Unlike governments of the past, the American Founders set up a government divorced from religion. The establishment of a secular government did not require a reflection to themselves about its origin;
READ MOREBy John W. Whitehead Illustration by James Mellett When Lt. Col. Martha McSally takes to the skies, she is the embodiment of a modern-day hero: courageous, selfless, and loyal to God and country. She is a patriot who has willingly put her life on the line to protect American interests abroad-a perfect example of how
READ MOREBy 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 MOREBy Paul E. Peterson Illustration by Chris Gall Economist Milton Friedman claims school vouchers, by stirring market competition, will create more efficient schools. Whether or not he's right, there's every reason to think vouchers will produce more equity in public education. This is not the conventional wisdom, of course. Mainly the issue is debated as
READ MOREMonday, July 16, 2001 12:00 noon: I'm at the U.S. Capitol to sit in on a press briefing in room H-157. Usually I take the Metro from our offices in Silver Spring, and walk the few blocks from Union Station to the Capitol. A little early, I decide to drive in and take a chance
READ MOREThough U.S. Supreme Court briefs are rarely noted for prosody or style (who confuses Macbeth with McCollum or Lycidas with Lemon?), occasionally a phrase or section achieves popular renown. The most recent example is U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy's immortalized words in Casey: "At the heart of liberty is the right to define one's
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