Costly free speech Sheila October 6, 2010 The Supreme Court heard a very controversial case Wednesday involving free speech rights, what constitutes hate speech, what defines ‘public Read More
The new orthodoxy of “knowledge professionals” Sheila October 3, 2010 The Religion Newswriters Association held their annual meeting recently. Their keynote speaker challenged them: be honest. “Know yourself and your Read More
Heart over head religion Sheila October 1, 2010 Quick, name the Ten Commandments (the Golden Rule isn’t one of them). The four Gospel writers? The first book Read More
Untethered to logic and natural law Sheila September 30, 2010 Follow this reasoning: To say that safeguards for individual liberty do not have any intrinsic worth is to say that Read More
Doing injustice in the name of justice Sheila September 29, 2010 What would a totally tolerant society look like? It’s not possible. Those who impulsively hurl charges of intolerance at Read More
Loved to death Sheila September 29, 2010 Whether there are more Terri Schiavo’s suffering a torturous death by starvation and dehydration these days, or we’re Read More
First, get social moral issues right Sheila September 29, 2010 Then come policy decisions on taxes, the economy, trade, healthcare reform, immigration… That’s the message drafters of the Manhattan Read More
‘Rights and duties of the state and Sheila September 29, 2010 When Pope Benedict makes apostolic visits to to various countries, his remarks and addresses always reflect keen insight into that Read More
Atheists vs. religious symbols Sheila September 16, 2010 Or is it just the Christian cross? The real name of the case is American Atheists v. Davenport, and it Read More
9/11 is different this year, and not Sheila September 10, 2010 Each September 11th since 2001 has had its own climate in which we remember the horror of that day, and we Read More
