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Grand Inquisitor Scalia?

Silencing Dissent Near Ground Zero
Stephen Chapman writes about a protestor who was arrested in New York for "disorderly conduct": handing out leaflets that said, "America is getting paid back for what it's doing to Islamic countries."

Scalia: Stuck in the Past
If Catholics followed Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's originalist logic on the death penalty, the church would "still tolerate witch hunts and holy wars," Anne Thompson writes.

Why Blacks Support Vouchers
The debate over school vouchers shows "how far out of touch the black governmental class is with its black constituency," a majority of whom support the idea, Michael Leo Owens writes.

 
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