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Lessons from the Puritans for a post-COVID world

As we think about how to rebuild from the COVID-19 pandemic and all of the social ills it revealed and exacerbated, the Puritans offer a model for cultural renewal. Read More… America is still slowly reopening and recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, lockdowns, and restrictions. Over the past year, our nation’s divisions were amplified. Polarization reared its ugly head, manifesting deep-seated hostilities across and among families, churches, and political parties. In the wake of such conflict, one wonders: How can...

Why the NCAA’s new NIL rules are a win for economic liberty

The NCAA’s new rules represent a paradigm shift in college sports and are sure to bring more economic and social empowerment to the lives of student athletes. Read More… On June 21, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a ruling that changed college athletics as we know it. In an opinion by Justice Neil Gorsuch, the court concluded that the NCAA imposed rules that “are not reasonably necessary to distinguish between college and professional sports.” Gorsuch continued by...

Are billionaires evil?

Our attitudes about the ultra-rich largely depend on our views about wealth and how it’s created. By viewing the market through a lens of collaboration and growth, we can more clearly and accurately assess the contributions of the wealthy. Read More… Criticizing billionaires has e a popular cultural trend, based on anti-rich sentiment that was recently exacerbated by a ProPublica report that leaked the tax returns of the 25 wealthiest Americans. The report’s findings were interesting but not particularly surprising,...

In celebrating American liberty, let’s not forget the role of religion

Religion is critical to a free society because it provides the moral and ethical structure to guide people to act as they ought in a state where the government allows them to act as they want. Read More… On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress officially endorsed the Declaration of Independence. Parades, public readings, and bonfires ensued. These spontaneous celebrations developed into the Independence Day traditions that Americans still enjoy today. The United States has retained many of these festivities...

Government shouldn’t be the one leading our communities – we should

After a year of lockdowns, Americans have a unique opportunity to reclaim their freedom and promote a conservative ideal munity life and leadership. Read More… As our lives begin to crank back up after over a year of turmoil, we have to ask the question: es next for society? As usual, politicians have their own answer, eager to wade into new spheres during times of crisis. True to form, the federal government has already gleefully claimed the job of reorganizing...

A country for old men: Why American communities need the elderly

For those in their twilight years, work has not reached its culmination, but its exaltation. munity life continues to decline, America needs the leadership of older generations. Read More… America is facing a crisis munity. The prevalence of social media is threatening human relationships. Religious detachment is leading to declining civic participation. Politicians and central planners are increasingly expanding their reach in munities. As the nation desperately searches for solutions to the problem, our leaders may be overlooking our nation’s...

How a Christian restauranteur navigated the pains of a pandemic

As “executive stewards,” Christian business owners are called to weigh market forces and seek a profit, but we are also tasked with stewarding much more. Read More… The pandemic-era lockdowns caused immeasurable pain to countless businesses, with restaurants experiencing disproportionate levels of pain and suffering. According to the National Restaurant Association, food-service industry sales “fell by $240 billion in 2020 from an expected level of $899 billion,” and by the end of 2020, “more than 110,000 eating and drinking places...

RELIGION & LIBERTY

Sparkling Gems from the Greek

　　The Right Way to Die! 　　I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course,I have kept the faith. 　　- 2 Timothy 4:7 　　When I was just old enough to get a job, I heard about a job opening at the huge cemetery just down the street from where my family lived. The old caretaker needed someone to mow...

Apr 6, 2026

Scrutinising Scruton

　　It has been four years since Sir Roger Scruton passed away, leaving a significant gap within the sphere of intellectual conservatism. The void is evident due to the undeniable impact that Scruton had, earning him the title of one of the best-known British conservative philosophers at the onset of the new century. This recognition stems not only from the importance...

Apr 6, 2026

‘The Chosen’ Breaks Record for Most

　　The film was familiar but the language was new for Come and See CEO Stan Jantz. 　　As he sat in a theater in Warsaw, he looked around the room and saw people laughing and crying in the same places he had laughed and cried when he watched The Chosen, the popular streaming series that tells the story of Jesus through...

Apr 6, 2026

Will Chicago Stand by Its Principles?

　　The University of Chicago, from which I received my graduate degrees, has long constituted America’s model of a temple of learning, dedicated to freedom of inquiry, unconstrained either by political considerations or narrow financial ones. Under its legendary president Robert Maynard Hutchins, the school abolished its top-tier football team, based on Hutchins’s belief that high-powered sports had no connection to...

Apr 6, 2026

A Prayer for Freedom from Mom Guilt This Mothers Day

　　A Prayer for Freedom from Mom Guilt This Mother's Day 　　By Kristine Brown 　　“Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care.” (Matthew 10:29 NIV) 　　On Mother’s Day, my young adult son gave me the sweetest card. He wrote a message expressing how much he appreciated everything...

Apr 6, 2026

Christian Women in India Lack Inheritance Rights. Could Hindu Nationalists Help?

　　In February, the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand passed a Uniform Civil Code (UCC), which aims to implement a common set of rules governing crucial aspects of life, including marriage, divorce, inheritance, and adoption. 　　This code would supplant existing personal laws that religious groups in India currently ascribe to. Personal laws cover family-related matters such as marriage, divorce, child custody,...

Apr 6, 2026

The Replication Conundrum

　　Until quite recently—I cannot put an exact date on it—I assumed that everything published in scientific journals was, if not true, at least not deliberately untrue. Scientists might make mistakes, but they did not cheat, plagiarise, falsify, or make up their results. For many years as I opened a medical journal, the possibility simply that it contained fraud did not...

Apr 6, 2026

The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector

　　The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector 　　Weekly Overview: 　　Jesus loved to use stories to illustrate profound, life-transforming concepts. He loved to use real and genuine settings, characters, and ideas that apply to all of us to reveal God’s heart of pursuit and love. This week we’re going to spend time allowing the parables of Jesus to speak...

Apr 6, 2026

Nanny State Screen Rules?

　　InThe Anxious Generation, psychologist Jonathan Haidt has written what is, to a certain extent, a useful and important book reviewed favorably at Law Liberty. Numerous adolescent and teen mental-health metrics in the United States have markedly deteriorated in the last 15 years or so. Haidt identifies a twofold cause, which he terms the “Great Rewiring.” In his telling, smartphone proliferation...

Apr 6, 2026

Running Through Rebellion

　　Matthew 6:22-23, “The eye is the lamp of the body. So if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness.” 　　Looking back on those years of running through rebellion,...

Apr 6, 2026