The social network that you can wear
- LIFESTYLE
- February 6, 2015
A Sikh wearing a turban, a Hasidic Jew wearing a hat, a Muslim wearing a hijab, and a Catholic nun in a habit walk into an Abercrombie & Fitch interview: not the beginning of a cringe-worthy joke but rather a hypothetical by Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito to Abercrombie’s lawyer. The context was oral argument in
READ MOREA law school seemed like the “natural next step”1 in the evolution of programs offered at Trinity Western University (TWU), a private Christian university in Langley, British Columbia, Canada aims to be a tolerant, multicultural society that celebrates diversity. A Christian law school could serve to broaden and enrich Canada’s diversity. However, this turned out
READ MORETension over high school faculty handbook language and teacher labor contracts has escalated into a complex hardball confrontation between elements of the San Francisco Bay Area and the wider Catholic community. The sharp polarity was largely launched on February 3 of this year when San Francisco archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone released a statement intended for
READ MOREJohn Ellis “Jeb” Bush, son of former president George H. W. Bush, brother of former president George W. Bush, was slow in declaring his formal intention of running for president in the 2016 presidential election, but that did not stop people from speculating. You can hardly blame them. For one thing, in keeping with the
READ MOREIn a world inundated with worthy causes, one of the greatest challenges for nonprofits today is finding a way to make their voices heard. Getting a message out—let alone having it resonate—is difficult enough, but it is particularly daunting when you choose the fast-paced, short-attention-spanned environment of social media to deliver it. And yet the
READ MOREWhen Indiana governor Mike Pence held a press conference in order to clarify the Indiana Religious Freedom Restoration Act , criticism became viral. There has been ever more discussion and criticism of the law since. These RFRA fights are the definition of a church-state/religious freedom issue, and I felt compelled to write about it. However,
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