Not being allowed to say what you believe is a violation of your freedom of speech. But another kind of violation of your freedom of speech is compelled speech, being forced to say something that you do not believe. The Supreme Court has ruled that laws may not compel what you must say. Martin Luther agreed. Read more
On this Independence Day, I would like to offer you words from G. K. Chesterton on patriotism. For him, love of country was like love of family. It is not a belief--for example, the conviction that one's country can never do any thing wrong--but a feeling of affection. Also a virtue. (A free post to share) Read more
The decline of woke capitalism, losing the consciousness bet, and politicians' "matching donations" scam.
While progressives keep raising the specter of a Christian theocracy--as if that could happen--the real threat to our liberties may come from a theocracy of a different kind: a pagan theocracy.
The "whole life" ethic--sometimes called the "consistent pro-life" ethic--states that since life is sacred, all life must be protected. Advocates oppose abortion and euthanasia (like most Republicans) but also oppose the death penalty and support gun control (unlike most Republicans but like most Democrats). How might these issues be prioritized? Are there problems with this philosophy?
When parents object to the "woke ideology" being taught in schools, educators tend to deny that this is happening. But a study of young adults, aged 18-20, recent products of American schools, has found that virtually all of them have been exposed to these concepts and have been affected by them.
Do the moral failings of a theologian--or a pastor, a scholar, an artist, or a statesman--invalidate what he or she says? Today authors of all sorts, especially those of the past, face cancellation for their retrograde beliefs and bad behavior. Ethicist Gilbert Meilaender brings to bear the 4th century controversy over Donatism to help us distinguish between a person's life and the person's works.
Virtually everything in American life today--business, sports, school, religion, etc.--has become politicized. Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy says, "What we need is apolitical spaces that bring people together.”
Civil war breaks out in Russia, Muslims step up in the culture wars, and Christianity surges in Iran.
Science is used to assuming that the universe is just a collection of inert objects governed by mechanistic laws. But a new theory of cosmology argues that the universe is, in fact, a vast neural network. That is to say, a brain, which adapts and learns.
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