The social network that you can wear
- LIFESTYLE
- February 6, 2015
When Martin Luther King, Jr., marched on Selma, wrote a defense of civil disobedience from a jail in Birmingham, and proclaimed his dream of racial equality on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, was he acting in any meaningful way in the tradition of his namesake, the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformer Martin Luther? Or were the
READ MORETumultuous events have certainly characterized the recent past. Through it all a common thread is remarkable: obfuscation of facts and reason in favor of political correctness (PC). As Margaret Heffernan said (August 6, 2012), the pursuit of truth requires conflict. To achieve truth, honest exchanges in the spirit of collaboration are essential, and this means
READ MOREKevin M. Kruse is a professor of history at Princeton University. He specializes in the political, social, and urban/suburban history of twentieth-century America, with a particular interest in conflicts over race, rights and religion, and the making of modern conservatism. He is the author of White Flight: Atlanta and the Making of Modern Conservatism (2005),
READ MOREThe United States has just sworn in a new president. Looking back on the campaign, I find myself paraphrasing Winston Churchill: Never before have so few been so disliked by so many. But the choice has been made, and, as usual, we’ll soon discover just how right—or wrong—we were. There are many among us who
READ MOREFrom its inception in 1906, Liberty magazine has been vigilant in the cause of religious freedom, and it continues to be a leading voice on the topic. For more than 110 years we have sought new ways of communicating the principles of religious liberty. While exhibiting at a recent church ministries convention in sunny Tucson,
READ MOREIt is usually considered a great honor to be asked to speak at any college commencement ceremony. It rarely gets any better than to be asked to address the large graduating class at the 26,000-student Pasadena City College. When Dr. Eric Walsh accepted the invitation, he had no idea that he was entering a minefield
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