How Canada’s Bill C-9 Would Have Reimagined Religious Liberty
By redefining hatred and easing charges, bills like Canada’s Bill C-9 could make self-censorship the price of social peace.
censorship
Read More
When Law Lacks Teeth: The Question of Foreign Intervention
Many views on interventionism are shaped by failures in the Middle East. But is intervention the cause of systemic failure, or the consequence of it?
I Fled Post-Revolution Iran. I’m Worried for America.
Who guards freedom in polarized times? Civic doubt, pluralist respect, and local ties, not outrage, preserve liberty.
Are Librarians Being Trained as the New Culture Warriors?
Are librarians neutral? Many prioritize privacy and free speech, often ignoring public standards.
A Plea to Librarians
In our increasingly divisive country, public libraries stand as one of the few neutral civic spaces. But pervasive ideological tilt may prove a death knell. Librarians, however, can save the library as a sanctuary for all.
Invisible Religion: The Most Popular Religion in America Doesn’t Know It’s One
If you don’t direct your trust and love in one place, then you’re going to put it somewhere else.
Protecting Kids From Explicit Material Shouldn’t Be Controversial
However popular it’s become to portray parents concerned about sexualized scenes in books as somehow secretly motivated by bigotry and racism, it’s simply not true.
Stop Calling Concerned Parents Haters
Many parents have sincere concerns about sexually explicit and violent books in schools. A new open letter disregards these, perpetuating a dishonest narrative accusing these parents of being motivated by hatred and fear of minority groups.
The Book Banning Brouhaha
Compared to conservative parents accused of trying to “ban books,” librarians making preemptive restrictions on other books are seen as “doing their job.” Can this conversation be rescued from its political skew?