On Monday, the Supreme Court closed out a term in which it took the Constitution seriously and struck down laws that couldn’t stand up under careful scrutiny of the facts. The result? An unusually good year for individual rights. Since President Obama’s novel attempt in 2012 to make “recess appointments” …

It was recently announced, and indeed celebrated, that over 8 million Americans signed up for coverage through ObamaCare. As the administration completed their victory lap, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) quickly released a promising projection that health insurance premiums would be lower than expected, seemingly backing the president’s narrative that …

As we enter this golden age of tolerance and diversity, the nation’s gay rights community is sending a warning message to Americans: If you don’t support gay marriage, you don’t deserve a job. Apparently, Brendan Eich did not get that message. He’s the former chief executive officer at Mozilla, the …

Donald Sterling is a racist. So says everybody. And from the tapes released so far, it sure appears that the shoe fits. The reaction to Sterling’s remarks has been swift and strong: Snoop Dogg rapped a profanity ridden response: “You racist piece of s#!t”… Magic Johnson, on the other hand, …

Four years ago, Democrats in Washington were confident that the law that they forced through Congress would be extremely popular today. Instead, the law has broken almost every significant promise that President Obama made about it and Americans have been left to deal with the very serious consequences. Millions of …

Presbyterian churches are teaching that their Jewish neighbors are inherentlyracist and prone to abusing the rights of others. That’s the key message ofPCUSA’s new congregational study guide,“Zionism Unsettled.” Released by its Israel-Palestine Mission Network, the guide “explores the theological and ethical exceptionalism of Jewish and Christian Zionism, which have been …

James had fallen on hard times. He totaled his car and he was living in a shelter in Atlanta. His wallet was empty. There was no money for a bus, certainly none for a cab. And that posed a significant problem. James was supposed to report to a court in …

A terrorist detainee currently in U.S. custody in Afghanistan may be brought stateside for trial by military commission. Citing unnamed administration sources, the Washington Post reports that the detainee is Taliban fighter named Hamidullan.A Russian national, he reportedly was involved in attacks that wounded or killed American service personnel in …

I had just concluded my prayer at the Dallas City Council meeting with these words “in the name of the one who came, and died, and rose again that we might have eternal life—Jesus Christ our Lord—amen” when a member of the council expressed his offense at the content of …

At 5:00 p.m. on most Thanksgivings, my family is just finishing dinner — aunts and uncles poking at the last strands of turkey on the platter and all of the kids jiggling pumpkin pie with their fingers or forks. It’s during those precious waning moments of the meal when we …