Playboy Goes Respectable
Playboy’s decision to stop publishing nudes would be surprising if it had not always been America’s most prudish magazine. I do not mean that it has strong religious beliefs or ...
The Death Penalty Is Just and Merciful
It is possible to view Nebraska’s recent vote to abolish the death penalty — a vote that brought together liberals, budget balancers, and social conservatives — as a heartening sign ...
Keep America Weird
Indiana has just enacted a version of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, a law that has been used elsewhere to protect goat-gutting Santeria priests, hippie-haired kindergarteners, ceremonially daggered office workers, ...
A Coda on Sharia
To review the argument following the latest posts by French and Yerushalmi: It remains the case that anti-sharia activists have identified a grand total of seven cases in 35 years ...
Anti-Sharia Laws Are Magic
In 2011, Joseph Weiler stood before the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights arguing that Italians had the right to display crucifixes in classrooms of state schools. ...
A Grudging Consensus on Anti-Sharia Legislation
If I were the relativist Andrew Bostom takes me for, I would let his post stand. But I am right and Bostom is — I’ll come right out and say ...
A Reply to Andrew Bostom
I am grateful to have a response to my article on anti-sharia laws from Andrew Bostom, one of their most informed and intelligent advocates. He is a man who would ...
Fears of ‘Creeping Sharia’
On May 7, the Kansas House voted unanimously in favor of a bill barring judges and government agencies from basing decisions on sharia or other “foreign” legal systems. Four days ...