As we recently celebrated the Fourth of July, I have been engaging in the rich and fruitful exercise of re-reading the Declaration of Independence. This reading has brought some important things to ...

On May 30, the State Department announced that it was setting up a Commission on Unalienable Rights to advise the Secretary of State, and “provide fresh thinking about human rights discourse where ...

Save Bayh–Dole’s $2 Trillion Impact on American Innovation Why 2026 Marks the Dawn of Nationwide School Choice Audio By Carbonatix Some critics of originalism fault it on natural-law grounds. Their ...

John Yoo responds to an article by Berkeley Law’s Steve Hayward on Steve’s substack, Political Questions. Steve’s trolling here (in “Thomas Jefferson Versus Jeremy Bentham”) of his co-instructor ...

Unjust laws are not laws—they are simply mandates. This type of mandate fundamentally contradicts the basis of our modem legal system: the U.S. and state constitutions, federal and state statutes, and ...

This morning Pope Benedict XVI spoke with great force about how the study of natural law guarantees freedom and guards the dignity of all people. He also pointed out that contrary to the modern ...

It's been a good week for natural law. People are talking about it even if they do not mention it by name. David Brooks, at the Aspen Ideas Festival, spoke about the pattern of "rupture and repair" ...

Natural Law and Human Rights: Toward a Recovery of Practical Reason, by Pierre Manent (University of Notre Dame Press, 149 pp., $29) Russell Kirk once described natural law as “an ethical knowledge, ...

As I discuss philosophical questions with my high school students, I find that they tend to gravitate toward ethical dilemmas and “What-would-you-do-in-this-situation” type conversations. It is ...

Renoir Drawings Raises a Question: Did Even Renoir Think His Drawings Were Important? What States Can Do When Sacred Spaces Are Violated Sorry, Baby Achieves Satire ...

John Yoo responds to an article by UC Berkeley’s Steve Hayward on his substack Political Questions. Readers of Political Questions may know that Steve and I have been in Italy, where we participated ...

Beginning with a clear account of the historical setting for The Abolition of Man and its place within C.S. Lewis' corpus of writing, Contemporary Perspectives on C. S. Lewis' The Abolition of Man: ...