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The third pillar of a decent society is a just system of politics and law. Such a government does not bind all persons, families, institutions of civil society, and actors in the marketplace to itself as subservient features of an all-pervading authority. Instead, it honors and protects the inherent equal dignity of all persons, safeguards the family as the primary school of virtue, and seeks justice through the rule of law.

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How Christianity Created the Free Society

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While many Christians have undermined human liberty, a new book of essays shows just how much of our contemporary freedom we owe to the Christian church, Christian thinkers, and Christian practice rather than liberals and liberalism.

SOGI Laws: A Subversive Response to a Nonexistent Problem

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Now is not the time for proponents of religious freedom to partner with proponents of sexual orientation and gender identity legislation in hopes of catching a few crumbs of liberty that fall from the table.

Religious Freedom: The Basis for Human Rights . . . and the Survival of Christians in the Middle East

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It is time for the international community to respond to the plight of Christians in the middle east. Adapted from an address delivered by the Patriarch of the Syriac Catholic Church of Antioch to the 134th Convention of the Knights of Columbus.

How Liberals and Conservatives Can Learn from Moynihan’s Virtues

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Contemporary politicians would do well to emulate the virtues of Daniel Patrick Moynihan, a liberal who understood the conservative lesson that intermediary institutions—particularly families—are essential for preserving liberal society.

The Promise and Peril of Conservative Principles

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The failure of movement conservatism to connect principles to policies that speak to current challenges has rendered it increasingly irrelevant to most Americans—and even to most Republicans.

The Trump Phenomenon and the Decline of American Politics

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No American politician is ever as great as his most ardent adulators say or as bad as his most vitriolic detractors say. Still, Trump’s rise reveals a certain lowering of standards not only among the voters who support him but also in the elites who oppose him.

A 49er Fan Reflects on Colin Kaepernick’s Protest

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American political history mirrors Colin Kaepernick’s football career: exceptional promise coupled with often disappointing performance. We would do well to remember and embrace the meaning of American greatness while candidly acknowledging our nation’s shortcomings.

The Best of Both Judicial Worlds: Why State Justices Are Not Enough

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When picking a Supreme Court justice, the next Republican president should look to federal appellate judges who have also served on a state supreme court.

The Trouble with Solidarity

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Calls to unify the fractured Republican Party and reach out to disillusioned Trump voters will never succeed without a comprehensive vision for the future.

Dissent Will Not Be Tolerated: What the Case of a Wyoming Judge Means for All of Us

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When judges are prohibited from speaking publicly about their most deeply held convictions, how long will it be before everyone is?

Restoring the Political-Moral Center

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Politicians should return to the common-denominator universal ethical values embraced by Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

Moral Truth and the Ethics of Voting: How Should I Vote?

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Voting always requires a weighing of consequences. The paramount question for the conscientious voter in 2016 is, “Which outcome among the feasible alternatives will promote the greatest good or prevent the greatest harm?”

Salvaging the Vote: A Different Take on Political Action

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High-principled conservatives who would abstain from voting this November rather than vote for Donald Trump embrace a faulty model of political action, which threatens to undermine the resistance to radical liberalism.

Principled Dissent vs. the Lesser Evil

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In deciding how to vote this November, one should be guided both by political science and one’s conscience.

Banning Muslim Travel to the US? A Thomistic Perspective on Donald Trump’s Proposal

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Is there a moral obligation for the US not to enact Donald Trump’s proposed ban on Muslim travel into the US?

Donald Trump, the Declaration of Independence, and the GOP: A Response to Adam Seagrave

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Voters will not respond favorably to a political party that offers them moral principles—especially principles rooted in the past—without also showing a real concern for their concrete interests.

Religious Liberty Crisis Averted in California

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The war is far from over, but a recent battle in California shows that pluralism, religious liberty, and traditional values can be defended where there is a will to mobilize and resist.

Republican Voters Are Not “Moving On” From Marriage

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Rank and file Republican activists and voters revere marriage and will act to defend it. GOP candidates should understand that failing to defend marriage can come at a very high price.

Picking a Justice Who Can Resist the Lure of the Liberal Side: Recommendations to the Next Republican President

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In evaluating potential nominees to the Supreme Court, Republican presidents should seriously consider state supreme court justices. Their independence gives a clearer indication of how they would behave if appointed to the high court.

Now Is the Time: Why We Must Refuse to Vote for the Lesser of Two Evils

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Anyone who hopes to see a major shift among the major parties has to ask himself: when am I going to stop voting for them? If not during the year of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, then when?

Reagan vs. Trump on the Constitution, Freedom, and Conservative Statesmanship

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The conservative should not act the ideologue in order to attack the demagogue, because the simplistic thinking of the ideologue is just as hostile to true statesmanship as the angry passions of the demagogue.

Abortion as a Positive Good: How the Abortion Movement Echoes Radical Slavery Rhetoric

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Like John C. Calhoun, who famously embraced slavery as a “positive good,” the abortion movement of 2016 has shifted from seeing abortion as a “necessary evil” to celebrating it as good for women and society.

Elevating Our Politics by Going to the Source: Carson Holloway’s Recovery of a Nobler Debate

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A groundbreaking study of America’s first great political debate under our Constitution provides indispensable political education and guidance for our polarized and confused politics today.

A Call for Partisan Consistency

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Only when we are willing to hold our own party to the same standards to which we hold the other party will we be able to improve our national politics.
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