NPR's Nina Totenberg had a fascinating story about our Solicitor General, Elena Kagan. And while the issue of religion didn't come up, a peripheral concern did: how do you balance personal views with judicial responsibilities as advocate for the United States...
Via Ed Brayton, Reuters reports that the UN has passed a non-binding resolution condemning the "defamation of religion" for the fifth straight year, though with less support than the previous year. The assembly passed the Islamic-sponsored resolution with 80...
If you read only one piece about holiday church-state controversies this year, make it Jonathan Zimmerman's op-ed in today's Philadelphia Inquirer. His point is simple, but poignant and true: disputes over government-sponsored Christmas displays are nothing...
Musician Michael Feinstein asks a question about diversity and the holidays in a NYTimes ope-ed: Whose Christmas Is It? We live in a multicultural time and the mixing, and mixing up, of traditions is an inevitable result. Hence we have the almost century-old...
Portions of a North Carolina statute intended to keep convicted sex offenders away from children is overbroad and vague, according to a trial court ruling by Superior Court Judge Allen Baddour. The provision effectively prohibited registered offenders from attending...
According to one of the military's fiercest critics when it comes to protecting the religious freedom of all personnel, a new Air Force Academy Superintendent has ushered in a remarkable turnaround in the climate of religious tolerance and diversity. Recently an...
