Recently, Senator Stuart Reid announced that he is working on three bills that are intended to protect religious freedoms in Utah, including implementation of a state-based version of the Religious Freedom Act. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal . . . .” These are the immortals words of the Declaration […]
Book Review | An Edible History of Humanity by Tom Standage [Contributor]
December 27, 2013 by
Food is the nouveau topic to write about. Whether it’s an exposition on the mad genius that is Ferran Adrià, or the theological import of maize in the Mayan culture, food is where it’s at. In this vein, An Edible History of Humanity by Tom Standage examines food and its impact on the whole of human development. […]
Book Review | Guest of Honor: Booker T. Washington, Theodore Roosevelt, and the White House Dinner That Shocked a Nation by Deborah Davis [Contributor]
December 23, 2013 by
Some happenings are simultaneously obscure, interesting, and pregnant with historical import. When all of these elements come together, an exploration of the happening and how it shaped subsequent history cannot be anything but a great read. Such is the premise of Guest of Honor: Booker T. Washington, Theodore Roosevelt, and the White House Dinner That […]
Book Review | The Beautiful Tree by James Tooley [Contributor]
December 16, 2013 by
The Beautiful Tree is a book about what’s right with the world. Amazingly, what is right with the world is found in the slums of Nigeria, India, Kenya, China, and Zimbabwe. The poor educating themselves without government assistance is the name of the game. In the early 2000s author of The Beautiful Tree, James Tooley (a British […]
Religious Freedom Prevails Over Obamacare in the D.C. Circuit Court [Contributor]
November 4, 2013 by
In Gilardi v. Department of Health and Human Services, handed down on November 1, 2013, the D.C. Circuit of Appeals examined whether the contraceptive mandate imposed by the Affordable Care Act violates the right of free exercise protected by the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. In its ruling, the D.C. Circuit invalidates the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive mandate […]
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