natural rights

If you have a strong stomach, read the series "In God's Name" appearing on the New York Times web site (registration required). This is a four-part series. As of this writing, the story "Secular Laws Cede to Religious Exemptions" is front and center. Basically, the story describes how, if you...

Thomas Jefferson's self-composed epitaph lists what he believed to be his greatest accomplishments (but surprisingly mentions nothing about his service as the third president of the United States): One of Jefferson's greatest achievements, in his view, was the Statute of Virginia for Religious...