Opinion

Is the U.S. Constitution worth preserving? Of course it is. Is it worth defending, even at the cost of life and limb? Of course it is. Is it worth distributing to young and old, including in our schools? Of course it is. Well, actually, not everybody agrees with that last part. Here is a two-year-old […]

Topic: Christopher Columbus Revisited. “In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue.” And the world has never been the same. For a few centuries, the man who opened up the New World to the Old World through his death-defying voyage was a hero. But in the last 40 years or so, somehow Christopher Columbus has been […]

Topic: New Movie Offers Hope Despite Utter Darkness. The founders of America said that our rights come from the Creator and the purpose of government was to honor those rights. In contrast, the regime of Hitler and the Nazis in Germany in the 1930s and 40s was based on a totally different worldview—one predicated on […]

Topic: Needs for Reform in Higher Education. The original universities in America, like Harvard, Yale, and Princeton, were all founded for the glory of God and the advancement of the Christian faith. Of course, the vast majority of them have gone secular. But some wonder about the degree of this secularization—is it shutting down alternative […]

Topic: Religious Freedom and Public Schools America was established largely for the purpose of religious freedom. But in some cases that freedom has eroded—for instance, in our public schools. Attorney Jeremy Dys writes: “Every year, my firm, First Liberty Institute, receives dozens of requests for legal help from students and teachers who face hostility from […]