The Ten Commandments are headed toward another possible encounter with the Supreme Court, this time by way of Texas, two groups of public-school families, and a sharply divided federal appeals court. On August 17, more than two dozen Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Baha’i, Unitarian Universalist, and nonreligious families asked the Supreme Court to review Texas Senate…
Texas Wants Bible Stories in Public Schools. Cue the Culture-War Sirens.
Texas has decided to toss another log onto America’s favorite never-ending bonfire: religion in public schools. On Friday, the Texas State Board of Education approved a required reading list for more than 5 million public school students that includes Bible stories and passages. The list, set to begin taking effect in 2030, includes biblical selections…
Trump, the March for Life, and the Moral Weight of Accountability
When President Trump addressed the annual March for Life, he framed the defense of unborn life as a battle that must be fought and won, not merely through legislation, but in the moral imagination of the nation. It was language of resolve rather than novelty and conviction rather than calculation. In a post-Dobbs landscape where…
The Greenland Gambit
As Senate Republicans move to block President Trump from advancing his renewed push to assert American control over Greenland, the moment is more than a routine intraparty disagreement. It reveals a deeper fault line running through American politics: the difference between raw power and rightly ordered authority. At stake is not merely an unconventional foreign…
A Moment Measured in Time, Not Impulse
When President Trump announced the cancellation of all meetings with Iran, while simultaneously urging Iranian protesters to persist with the promise that “help is on its way,” the move was widely read as abrupt and emotionally charged. Yet the deeper significance of the decision lies not merely in its tone, but in its timing. This…
Why Wyoming’s Ruling Gets the Moral Question Wrong
The recent decision by the Wyoming Supreme Court to strike down the state’s abortion restrictions rests on a pivotal claim: that abortion falls within a constitutional right to make one’s own healthcare decisions. That framing is not merely a legal conclusion. It’s a moral assertion with sweeping consequences. And it is, in most cases, profoundly…
Power Without Righteousness Is Not Strength
Yesterday’s closed-door briefing to lawmakers on U.S. actions in Venezuela did little to resolve the most troubling questions raised by the operation. If anything, it exposed a widening gap between executive power and moral clarity. Members of Congress emerged divided not merely over tactics or outcomes, but over first principles: who authorizes force, what limits…
Kasuwan-Daji, Moral Collapse, and the Cost of Delayed Judgment
The massacre at Kasuwan-Daji village in Niger State, where armed attackers reportedly killed dozens, burned the local market, abducted residents, and operated for hours with little or no immediate resistance, is not merely another tragic headline from Nigeria. It’s a stark exposure of what happens when violence becomes normalized and the state’s protective role erodes…
Covenant, Coercion, and the Moral Shape of Peace
Russia’s vow to adopt a “tougher” negotiating stance—issued after blaming Ukraine for an alleged attempt to attack Vladimir Putin’s residence—should be read less as a reaction to new facts and more as a deliberate reframing of the moral terrain. By asserting victimhood without transparent verification, Moscow seeks to shift the burden of legitimacy, recast itself…
Credibility, Authority, and the Cost of Confusing Power with Truth
The controversy surrounding Donald Trump’s response to Russia’s claim that Ukraine attempted a drone attack near a residence associated with Vladimir Putin is not merely about diplomatic tone. It’s about something more foundational: how authority is exercised, how truth is discerned, and how public power either restrains or amplifies deception in moments of global consequence.…
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