The long-awaited Supreme Court case concerning social media culminated not with a bang but with a whimper. Murthy v. Missouri ruled on the Biden Administration’s efforts to shape social media platforms’ content-moderation policies. But the Court ruled not on the case’s merits but on standing. Writing for a 6–3 majority, Justice Amy Coney Barrett reasoned that the plaintiffs—two states and...

　　Are You Second-Guessing God? 　　By Cindi McMenamin 　　“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, 　　Nor are your ways My ways,” declares theLord. 　　“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, 　　So are My ways higher than your ways 　　And My thoughts than your thoughts.” (Isaiah 55:8-9) 　　Have you ever second-guessed God, by wondering if He really knew what He...

　　Thomas Jefferson’s Summary View of the Rights of British America, composed sometime in the latter half of this month, 250 years ago, ought to be regarded as among the most fundamental primary sources informing our understanding of the spirit and history of the American constitutional tradition, but it is rarely considered in this way. Rather, it has served mainly as...

　　The liberalism of the Declaration of Independence – classical liberalism with Anglo-American features that complicate and enrich it – is a rare bird. It is also very much under attack today, from the left and the right. The ascendant left wants a new anti-liberal regime established on the basis of its view of History, race, gender, and “DemocracyTM,” while prominent...

　　In 1863, John Henry Newman wrote: “From first to last, education … has been my line.” The same can be said about Michael Oakeshott, and about his foremost American protégé, Timothy Fuller. Fuller arrived at Colorado College as a young man in 1965, and since then he has taught political philosophy to generations of students. Many of those students, in...

　　A Prayer to Prepare Our Hearts to Celebrate Our Nation’s 4th of July 　　By Lynette Kittle 　　“So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed” - John 8:36 　　America’s 4th of July holiday is all about celebrating freedom. Although many citizens may be viewing it as a reason for an extended holiday, family gatherings, and setting off...

　　Why do nations go to war? Why do young men fight and die over the causes that normally occupy the minds of aged statesmen? These are age-old questions, but I didn’t think about them in my youth. I served for two years in the Peace Corps (in Uzbekistan), but gave no thought at all to a military career. Now that...

　　The Supreme Court’s 1984 opinion in Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. was not supposed to be revolutionary. Justice John Paul Stevens, the opinion’s author, initially thought the case to involve an application of “pretty-well settled law” to a “very careful study of the facts.” But over time, as portions of the Chevron opinion were analyzed apart...

　　For the enemy has pursued my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground; he has made me sit in darkness like those long dead. Therefore my spirit faints within me; my heart within me is appalled. Psalm 143:3-4 　　A few years ago, I wrote a letter to 18-year-old me and I felt in my heart to share part...

　　Among the many people William Ruto thanked after winning Kenyas 2022 presidential election were religious leaders, significant numbers of whom had enthusiastically campaigned for the career politician. 　　I am sure their prayers will not be in vain, Ruto said, considered by many to be the East African countrys first evangelical president. 　　Kenyan church leaders have more to pray about after...

　　In the Bible, ancient Israel wrestled with how to restrain corrupt rulers. A modern-day version of that political question went before the US Supreme Court, which ruled Monday on when a president can be prosecuted for criminal behavior. 　　The case revolved around former president Donald Trumps attempts to interfere with the 2020 election results. Ultimately, the Court decided that presidents...

　　As I describe in my new memoir, A Life for Liberty: The Making of an American Originalist, I have always been on the right. In 1964, at the age of 12, I debated on behalf of Barry Goldwater in front of my entire grade school student body. In my 12-year-old heart, I knew he was right. 　　But, in my junior...