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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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Mandating Our Religious Freedom

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People of faith must reclaim their religious freedom, granted by the Creator and protected by the Constitution.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne and the Government Worker

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The conditions that inspired "The Scarlet Letter" highlight the gap between public employment and civic motives.
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Being Human in an Age of Unbelief

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Four points in defense of human dignity. Adapted from an address delivered last night at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Terms of Moral Intervention: The Perils of Power and Profit

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Where unjust political regimes have been destroyed, a power vacuum enables corruption and undermines the state’s security. To prevent corrupting forces from abusing the state’s vulnerability in its transition period, intervening powers should enable strong law enforcement systems.
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The Westboro Problem: Free Speech, Public Decency, and Constitutional Doctrine

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A recent appellate court ruling in favor of a Westboro Baptist protester shows the decline of judicial ability to protect decency standards for public discourse.
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Human Development and Human Flourishing: Creating Capabilities Isn’t Enough

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Rawlsian “public reason” approaches to human capabilities are insufficient bases for social justice.
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Private Property and Human Flourishing

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Private property should be preserved and protected because of its deep contribution to human well-being.
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It’s a Girl

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The Supreme Court’s abortion jurisprudence appears to protect a right to abortion even for reasons of sex selection. Yet this gruesome reality might provide an opening for a frontal assault on the premises of Roe v. Wade.
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Sold for Sex: The Link Between Street Gangs and Human Trafficking

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In order to curtail human sex trafficking successfully, we must take seriously that street gangs are a large part of the problem.
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Religious Liberty and the Ministerial Exception

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An upcoming Supreme Court decision might give government, rather than religious organizations, the final say on who counts as a religious minister.
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Go to Jail and Get a Seminary Education?

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Religious conversions can be pivotal in turning an inmate away from a life of crime, but only if the process of spiritual transformation continues outside the prison walls.
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Reflections of a Questioner: The Palmetto Freedom Forum Revisited

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The Judiciary doesn’t have the final word on the meaning of the Constitution, and Congress could step in to protect the 14th Amendment rights of the unborn.
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Conscience, Coercion, and Healthcare

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A recent rule issued by the Obama administration threatens our nation’s healthcare by attacking the consciences of our nation’s healthcare providers.
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Preventing Another Attack: International Religious Freedom

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The advancement of international religious freedom is crucial for terrorism’s defeat.
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Declaration of War: Ten Years Later

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Under the Constitution, the Constitution prevails over international law. The Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF), signed into law ten years ago this week, prescribed no time limitation or geographical limitation. It was, potentially, a world war of unlimited duration. And yet, our involvement in Libya is unconstitutional.
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Locke, Metaphysics, and the Challenge of America

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John Locke is a deep cultural well from which we still can draw good water.
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Global Warming, Evolution, and Presidential Politics: The Long Shadow of Galileo

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Judging from the media’s response to Rick Perry’s Galileo reference in the Reagan debate, our discourse is still governed by the modern view that science and religion can only clash.
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Assisted Suicide: The Forgotten Front in the Fight for Life

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As the proponents of assisted suicide strive to legalize it in Massachusetts, we should take another look at their arguments and the deceptions therein.
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A Bully-Free World?

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New Jersey’s new anti-bullying legislation is misguided and unrealistic, seeking to eliminate conflict rather than resolve it.
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Memorializing September 11th

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What makes September 11th worthy of public memorializing is that it was not only an event in the lives of these individuals and their families; it was an event in the life of the American nation, an attack aimed at the American nation.
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My Guantanamo Experience: Support Interrogation, Reject Torture

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America should reject torture. This would reinforce our commitment to America’s founding values and support excellence in intelligence collection for the defense of our nation.
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A New Kind of Presidential Debate

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Monday's Presidential Forum broke new ground.
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End Human Trafficking: A Contemporary Slavery

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A culture of exploitation and violence, especially sexual exploitation of children, is at epidemic levels here in the United States and around the world. The current Administration’s response is anemic and more must be done.
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End Child Pornography: Enforce Adult Pornography Laws

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Ending child pornography is as much a matter of vigorously prosecuting those who distribute adult pornography as it is a matter of prosecuting child pornographers. Presidential candidates should pledge to initiate adult pornography criminal cases and fund research into the adult-child pornography link.
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