Iambs And Pentameters
- March/April 1999
- May 1, 1998
Do the religion clauses of the First Amendment say anything meaningful about the respective roles of the church and the state? In "Wrong Jurisdiction" (Liberty, March/April 1998) law professor Steven Smith argues that the Founders "carefully avoided" adopting any principle of religious freedom, but instead deferred the entire question to the state governments. Thus the
READ MOREMany of America's Founding Fathers, especially Jefferson, believed that education was the key to preserving our republican government. If so, one wonders how much longer the republic has when, for instance, the University of California (Santa Cruz) offers courses like "Feminist Cyborg Fiction," which includes stories about a "lesbian-of-color vampire." How secure are the foundations
READ MOREWe wondered what took so long for Richard John Neuhaus, editor of First Things, to respond to the shellacking he has been receiving in Liberty. Though nothing personal was meant, he and/or his magazine have been mentioned (excoriated?) at least a dozen times in the past few years. What piqued Father Neuhaus enough, however, to
READ MOREAPRES CA, LE DELUGE In what supporters have called a "major psychic boost to the school choice movement," the Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld a voucher program that allows tax money to pay for private religious education. Though a lower court had previously ruled that the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program was unconstitutional (a decision upheld at
READ MOREBEHOLD, HOW GOOD AND HOW PLEASANT IT IS FOR BRETHREN TO DWELL TOGETHER IN UNITY! PSALM 133:1 Jerry Falwell, a purveyor of (child!) pornography? Jerry Falwell, opposed to preaching the gospel to high school students? Jerry Falwell, refusing to defend the unborn? Is this the same Jerry Falwell who stormed the halls of Congress in
READ MOREThose adamant about imposing religious exercises in public schools in Alabama now have the children to sanctify their cause. Across the state, students are protesting, holding rallies, and even walking out of classes-all over the injunction by a federal district judge prohibiting public schools from promoting religious activity in the classroom. One can wonder how
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