States May Protect Access to Birth Control
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), abortion rates in the United States plunged to an all-time low in 2014 (this is the most recent year for which there is data). The total number... Read More
Masterpiece Cakeshop vs. Colorado Civil Rights Commission: Will the Supreme Court Grant the Constitutional Right to Discriminate?
This Tuesday the United States Supreme Case will hear oral arguments on the controversial Masterpiece Cakeshop vs. Colorado Civil Rights Commission case. In anticipation, the Center for American Progress (CAP) hosted a panel to discuss... Read More
Joshua and Pruitt Prepare a New Jericho
It’s no secret that Donald Trump’s administration is not friendly to science. It’s also no secret that his White House is friendly to evangelical Christians. Recently, these two issues came together when Scott Pruitt, the... Read More
Making Common Cause with the Good Mrs. Parker
Seriously, I am not in denial about Christianity’s continuing tenacious hold on the American mind. But I’m an optimist, and I’ve noticed precious little is forever. My optimism was recently reaffirmed in a very surprising, hopeful way.... Read More
Trump Proposes Increased Entrance Fee for 17 National Parks
Throughout his presidency, Trump has talked about creating policies and laws that would support small businesses, protect American jobs, and strengthen and grow the middle class. Yet, we all know that actions speak louder than... Read More
Weathering the Storm: AHA Shelters the Constitution amid International Vitriol
You've likely already read in this publication, if not elsewhere, about the American Humanist Association’s recent court victory in the Bladensburg cross case. A panel of judges from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals recently... Read More
Religious Freedom and the “Jurisprudence of the Absurd”
As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump got a lot of traction with his promise to build a “big, beautiful” wall along the US-Mexico border (and never forget he promised time and again that he’d make... Read More