Conservative intellectuals perpetually complain that the universities have closed off opportunities for the expression of Conservative opinions on college campuses. They aren’t imagining things. There’s a wealth of data to show that bias against conservatives is real. A 2022 survey revealed that only one percent of the Harvard faculty identify as “conservative,” but 37 percent self-identify as “very liberal.” Ironically,...

　　The 208-year-old American Bible Society ABS used to have a simple mission: print and distribute Bibles in the US. At its peak in 1979, it was giving away 108 million a year. 　　Once Americans had access to Bibles, ABSs challenge became getting people to read them. In the early 2000s, the organization shifted to a mission of Scripture engagement. That...

　　One of the most frequent subjects of debate within the American political system is, how easy or difficult should it be for someone to vote? On one hand, it seems that making it easier to vote will increase voter participation, which is generally a good thing in a functioning democracy. On the other hand, some people believe that if voting...

　　The president of Calvin University has resigned after admitting he engaged in inappropriate communication with a member of the campus community. 　　In a statement Monday, the Calvin Board of Trustees said it had received a report alleging President Wiebe Boer engaged in unwelcome and inappropriate communication and attention toward a non-student member of the campus community. 　　The report did not...

　　When two Brazilian pop stars began chatting on live TV two weeks ago, few likely thought their conversation would start a debate about the end times. 　　On February 11, in the midst of Carnival, Baby do Brasil joined fellow veteran Ivete Sangalo in a trio eltrico, a truck equipped with a powerful sound system that drives through the streets as...

　　Philip Wallach has posed a worthwhile challenge to my argument that a return to the “politics of truth and virtue that built the West” will help us restore our political order. In his Law Liberty essay, “Do We Need a ‘Politics of Truth,’” Wallach rejects my distinction between a politics of truth and a politics of utility as a “category...

　　The great increase in human life expectancy during the twentieth century is often cited as proof that humanity’s lot is rapidly improving. On average, an infant born in 1900 could expect to live to about 32 years, while by 2000, life expectancy had reached 65 years. By contrast, alarm bells sounded when American life expectancy declined in the first years...

　　In the post-Janus age, it is just a matter of time before taxpayers successfully challenge, on First Amendment grounds, government subsidies to public-employee unions in the form of “release time,” “official time,” “service time,” or “association business leave.” These terms all describe the same thing: provisions in union contracts between government entities and public-employee unions pursuant to which government employers...

　　The most important and frequently cited case in administrative law is Chevron v. NRDC—a case mandating judicial deference to legal interpretations by administrative agencies. This year the Court is likely either to overrule it directly or hollow it out significantly. The rise and fall of Chevron is a fascinating story both jurisprudentially and for me personally. As an intern in...

　　Israel’s war with Hamas is reaching its final stages. At the moment all eyes are fixed on Rafah, Gaza’s southernmost city, but however the end game plays out, the IDF should soon have its victory. Hamas’ destruction, itself a cause for rejoicing, will have cost somewhere in the vicinity of thirty thousand lives. Now the political-theoretical rubber meets the road....