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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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Pushing the Boundaries 0
- January/February 2024
- January 1, 2024
Louisiana’s “In God We Trust” law tests the limits of religion in public schools. When Louisiana passed a law in August 2023 requiring public schools to post “In God We Trust” in every classroom—from elementary school to college—the author of the bill claimed to be following a long-held tradition of displaying the national motto, most
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Back to the Future of Discovery 0
- January/February 2024
- January 1, 2024
Fifteenth-century European geopolitics and a long-overdue conversation. We were just boys doing boy stuff. We crossed the country highway to each other’s front yards. We rode bikes together. We ran around with our dogs through the fields and woods around our homes. We played with magical sticks that morphed into swords, spears, guns, and whatever
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The Case Against Religion 0
- November/December 2023
- October 31, 2023
The lead sentence of a recent news release from America’s foremost atheist organization neatly sums up the feelings of many Americans today. “The Freedom From Religion Foundation celebrates a new Gallup poll showing that the percentage of Americans identifying as ‘nonreligious’ now exceeds those identifying as ‘religious.’” For a growing number of people, not just
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Disrupted Symmetry 0
- November/December 2023
- October 31, 2023
Assessing the hazards of the Supreme Court’s “one-sided” separation of church and state. Illustration by Robert Hunt In 2017 the United States Supreme Court handed down a decision involving an obscure issue about the relationship between church and state. The Missouri Department of Natural Resources provided grants to public and nonprofit schools and day-care centers
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An Interview with ChatGPT 0
- November/December 2023
- October 31, 2023
The rapidly evolving technology of artificial intelligence presents a slew of unknowns for humanity. For those who advocate for religious freedom, perhaps the key question is this: How far could the use of AI change the way our laws, our government, and other important social institutions relate to religion and religious practice? For answers, Liberty
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