by Evan Bernick On Tuesday, pressure cooker bombs designed to kill and maim transformed the Boston Marathon into what looked like a war zone. The cruel, calculating, and devastating character of this act of terror, together with evidence that the suspects hailed from a breeding ground of Islamist terror and [...]

by Brian Kogelmann When I published a response to Evan Bernick’s constitutional and moral defense of the Obama administration’s use of drones, I did not anticipate a fecund discussion to blossom. I was thus delighted to learn that my friend and colleague published a response to my response, in which [...]

As a case study shows, freedom of speech in British universities is under threat. by Peter Smith The Alliance Defending Freedom is an organisation familiar to many readers. It is in essence a well-run network of legal activists who share a common Christian faith and who are involved in many of [...]

by Casey Mattox Like many, I’m both unsurprised and disgusted by the fact that the bulk of the media continues to ignore the multiple murder trial of Kermit Gosnell, the Philadelphia abortionist accused of killing a Nepalese immigrant and at least seven infants, born alive and grotesquely murdered with scissors. [...]

Creating a Consistent Message for Future Elections by Prof. Patrick Garry Social conservatives have come under much criticism lately.  In the aftermath of the 2012 election, social conservatives have been cast as a significant handicap to political conservatism in general and the Republican Party in particular.  With the country moving [...]

Why I Still Stand Against Rand by Evan Bernick Three weeks ago, in the wake of Senator Rand Paul’s 13-hour filibuster, I wrote an article defending the Obama Administration’s drone policy on moral and constitutional grounds. In it, I focused primarily on the constitutionality of drone strikes. I am therefore [...]

by Kathleen Hunker Mayor Bloomberg may be a national advocate for gun control, but New York City has become the leading advocate for the right to bare arms—well the right to show bare arms anyway. The City’s Commission on Human Rights recently filed a lawsuit against several Hasidic Jewish business [...]

An Interview with Ilya Shapiro of the Cato Institute by Ryan P. Mulvey: Shelby County v. Holder is one of the more interesting, even controversial, cases at the Supreme Court this term.  It concerns the constitutionality of portions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, an historic piece of civil [...]

by Marc Hyden Conservatives Concerned about the Death Penalty is a national network of conservatives questioning the alignment of capital punishment with conservative principles. We came together to shatter the myth that conservatives blindly support the death penalty, as well as to create a forum to network and to speak [...]

by Brian Kogelmann In this essay I address a recent blog post published by a colleague of mine, Evan Bernick. In his post Evan offers both moral and constitutional arguments justifying the Obama administration’s current use of drones, trying to show how current policy is in line with libertarian values [...]