Among the most precious rights of parenthood is our right to raise our children in accordance with our own religious beliefs, free of government interference. Clergy are usually among the fiercest defenders of that right. Ministers and rabbis are more..
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Category Archives: Education / Youth
The Values Debate
The teaching of values in the public schools has become a topic of almost constant debate. The Christian Coalition and similar groups insist that "Judeo-Christian values" should be taught. Political liberals and many in the education establishment insist that all values instruction be left to parents and the home — that while..
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Liberty
A frequent lament of civil libertarians is the lack of familiarity with the idea of liberty in the western intellectual tradition. Ask people about that history, and you begin to get an almost surreal feeling that "history" is what has happened over the past ten…
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Who Do We Curfew?
Among the current high-profile assaults on crime and social disorder is a renewed enthusiasm for curfews to keep young people off the streets at night
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What do We Teach the Children?
People of good will can disagree, but if disputes are to be productive (that is, if they are to present us with opportunities to clarify positions and understand issues) there need to be some ground rules. I suggest at least two:
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