Obama’s Unreasonable Abandonment of DOMA
President Obama has dropped the defense of marriage out of political convenience rather than reasonable opposition.
Bernard Nathanson: A Life Transformed by Truth
A man who made a career of death and lies became a hero for life and truth.
The Quranic Case Against Killing Apostates
A leading Muslim scholar questions whether foundational texts of Islam really do prescribe death for leaving Islam.
Repelling the Attack on Conscience
A new bill is needed to fix the healthcare law’s failure to adequately safeguard conscience
Did Pius XII Lie to Save Jews?
A historian looks at how one man sought to serve both truth and love.
Political Responsibility and Exceptionless Moral Norms
What exceptionless moral norms are we willing to discard for the sake of a good cause?
Speaking Truth to Evil
The Live Action case is very different from the Nazis-at-the-door problem, but lying is justified in neither situation.
When Speaking Falsely is Right
All lying is immoral, but not all false utterances are lies.
Now is the Time to End Taxpayer Funding of Abortion
The history of federal abortion funding highlights the urgent need to reverse the new health care law’s assault on unborn life, and to enact a permanent, government-wide prohibition on federal funding of abortion.
I Protested for Freedom
A participant in the protests in Tahrir Square looks at the future of freedom in Egypt.
Saving Poetry from Ideology
Not everything need be seen as ideological.
Why Lying is Always Wrong
Lying, even for laudable reasons, is wrong.
In Defense of Live Action
Is lying ever justified?
Truth, Love, and Live Action
The pro-life cause must be advanced by truth and by love, and it must be willing to engage in self-criticism when it fails to meet its own exacting standards.
On Form and Flarf
An appreciation for the naturalness of form can lead us back from the politicization of poetry.
The Grounds of Our Judgments
Wrapping up an exchange on judgment and morality.
Commercialized Sex and Human Bondage
The American sex trade—strip clubs, prostitution, and the booming pornography business—feeds on and fuels modern-day slavery.
