The Liberty Blog

If you haven’t seen the Ben Stein documentary, “Expelled,” you should. It is an expose of the extent to which dogmatic Darwinism has come to dominate science, threatening freedom of inquiry, free speech, and casting scientific “heretics” who do research related to intelligent design out of the academy. Unlike most documentaries, it is not boring but a powerfully moving bit of film making. Just yesterday, I discussed the history of creation and evolution in the American more... (5 Comments)

An eight year old boy who drew a stick figure of Christ on the cross for an assignment about what Christmas means to you was interrogated, sent home, and required to go for psychological evaluation before he could return to school. A teacher found the kid’s portrayal of Christ on the cross with x’s for eyes sufficiently disturbing that the school wanted to be sure he was not a danger to himself or to others. more... Comments Off

Despite the fact that I am an employment discrimination lawyer, I’m not at all sure I know what discrimination is, anymore. At least, not discrimination as understood by the University of California. The U.C. is involved in two prominent religious discrimination cases where it has been accused of discrimination, and yet it has turned around and branded the religious groups as the wrongdoer. What does “discrimination” mean in this age of postmodern political correctness? Let’s more... (3 Comments)

Patrick McCollum is a Wiccan clergyperson who has been seeking for several years to become a chaplain in the California prison system. When his job application was rejected because of his religion, he did the all-American thing, he sued. Instead of hiring a competent lawyer, McCollum filed the lawsuit himself. Not surprisingly, he lost. Lawyers have a saying: “bad facts make bad law.” Remember the case about the drug rehabilitation counselors who were fired for their more... (11 Comments)