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Sex Equals Free Speech in Oregon

Unnoticed by much of the country, the Oregon Supreme Court issued two rulings on September 29 declaring that live sex shows represent a constitutionally-protected form of "speech." The Court ruled that the Oregon Constitution protects live sex acts a ...

November 1, 2005

A Nominee of Consequence — Samuel A. Alito, Jr.

President George W. Bush announced the nomination of Judge Samuel A. Alito, Jr. as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. This is a nomination of historic significance and a nominee of true stature. Judge Alito brings a lifetime of legal scho ...

October 31, 2005

Texas Pastor Electrocuted During Baptism

Kyle Lake, pastor of University Baptist Church in Waco, Texas, died Sunday after being electrocuted while performing a baptism. According to the Associated Press, UniversityBaptistChurch Rev. Kyle Lake, 33, was standing in water up to his shoulder in ...

October 30, 2005

Gambling Fever — Now Just Entertainment?

Jonathan V. Last of The Weekly Standard writes of the incredible expansion of gambling in American culture -- and suggests that gambling is becoming just another form of entertainment [See "Losers' Poker," posted October 28, 2005]. According to Last ...

October 28, 2005

Harriet Miers Withdraws — The Big Lesson

The withdrawal of Harriet Miers as a nominee to the United States Supreme Court brings an end to one of the most awkward and confusing chapters in the history of the high court. Furthermore, it avoids a nasty confrontation and the possibility of emba ...

October 27, 2005

Rosa Parks and the Burden of History

In his massive work, A History of the American People, British historian Paul Johnson observed that American history raises some of the most fundamental questions of meaning and morality. The first question Johnson identified was whether a nation can ...

October 26, 2005

Why “Spirituality” Isn’t Enough — Take Two

My commentary published yesterday, "Why Isn't 'Spirituality' Enough," included a look at what professor Leigh E. Schmidt of Princeton University now proposes -- an affirmation of "spirituality" as an antidote of sorts to what he sees as overly-dogmat ...

October 25, 2005

Edinburgh University and the “Discriminatory” Bible

The University of Edinburgh now plans to ban the Bible -- from distribution in the dorms at least.  As The Times [London] reports: Edinburgh University is set to ban Bibles from its student halls of residence amid concern that the Holy Book is "disc ...

October 24, 2005

John Keegan on Saddam — Judgment at Nuremberg

John Keegan is one of the world's greatest living military historians. That's what makes his take on the trial of Saddam Hussein so interesting [see article]. Keegan argues that Saddam should meet the same fate as the Nazi war criminals. In his wo ...

October 24, 2005

The Bicentennial Of Nelson’s Victory at Trafalgar

"England expects that every man will do his duty." -- Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson's call to battle, October 21, 1805. Today marks the bicentennial of Britain's victory over the combined fleets of France and Spain at the Battle of Trafalgar. History ...

October 21, 2005