Listening to Ryan Anderson making the case for conservatism at the @IssuesEtc Making the Case Conference.

Read this obituary that Mike links to. You get a glimpse of a true throwback, Prof Fleming—and a glimpse of the kind of man and scholar that should be the rule rather than the exception in elite academia. Then go buy one of his books and read it.

Please join us in congratulating EPPC's Michael Fragoso on his appointment to the Administrative Conference of the United States! eppc.org/news/eppcs-michael-…

Ryan T. Anderson expertly interviews me here on my book *Making Men Moral: Civil Liberties and Public Morality*. I share my thoughts about "liberalism" and what conservatives can and should accept and reject in it. youtu.be/0exVehPGyTA?si=cDon…

R.I.P. Robert Louis Wilken. This (great) book was my introduction to him, in a Roman Law class. Later, he was a mentor and a friend. A gentleman and a scholar.

Kurtz on a very important development in higher education in Iowa: nationalreview.com/corner/io…

Research from the Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC) revealed that 1 in 10 women experience a serious adverse event after using the abortion pill mifepristone—22 times the rate the FDA currently acknowledges. We are pleased the FDA has taken our work seriously and decided to conduct a review of the safety of this drug. If its review is rigorous and thorough, we are confident the FDA will find results similar to our own.

Did you know that the TV ratings system is run by industry insiders, three progressive groups, and a hotline that helps people ditch their timeshares? This system doesn't serve parents or children. @EPPCdc scholars are urging @FCC to fix it.

. @RyanTAnd of @EPPCdc joins to break down Pope Leo XIV’s groundbreaking encyclical Magnifica Humanitas—and what it means for the future of artificial intelligence.

The most beautiful thing you’ll read today.

What is conservatism’s core principle? Freedom or Virtue? @JohnHoodNC and @josh_hammer debate on Conservative Crossroads! youtu.be/gJ94YY6zwsc

Applications for the Richard John Neuhaus Fellowship on American Flourishing are now open until July 3rd. Those interested in exploring the Judeo-Christian tradition and its role in shaping public policy should apply today! publicinterestfellowship.org…

"EPPC is needed now more than ever. To bear witness to the truth about the human person." - @RyanTAnd youtube.com/watch?v=LqVqSy4z…

"Many people are realizing that something has gone very wrong with sex, gender, and relations between men and women. It is not enough to try to climb a few steps back up the slippery slope. Instead, we need to return to the firm ground of Christian marriage," writes @NBlakeEPPC. thepublicdiscourse.com/2026/…

Stanley Kurtz on higher ed two-step: "Step one is removing various DEI mandates. Step two is mandating classic courses in U.S. history, civics, and Western civilization... putting the design and teaching... in the hands of faculty at new civic centers" nationalreview.com/corner/th…

"What we're doing at EPPC is trying to get every one of our man-made laws to reflect the truth about the human person." @RyanTAnd  youtube.com/watch?v=GLyrJ6ly…

This is outstanding. The beginnings of justice. “Land­mark Health­care Fraud Set­tle­ment that Cre­ates the Nation’s First-Ever Detran­si­tion Clin­ic and Secures $10Mil­lion from Texas Children’s Hos­pi­tal for “Tran­si­tion­ing” Kids” texasattorneygeneral.gov/new…

My dad built something truly special out of nothing. He walked away from a lucrative Big Law job to launch something unheard of--fighting for everybody's religious liberty? Even the religions you disagree with? It was a huge risk--he would always half-joke that in Becket's first office, you couldn't open the door all the way because it would hit his desk. They had many tough months getting off the ground--and he always paid himself last, if at all. But he never lost faith because he knew in his heart he was doing it in service to God. Today, Becket has dozens of Supreme Court precedents--Little Sisters of the Poor, Hobby Lobby, etc--to its name and is largely responsible for the words "under God" remaining in the Pledge of Allegiance. My dad kept running Becket while battling Parkinson's for years--and then had the humility to step away when the time was right (a rare trait in Washington!) A truly special organization founded by a truly special man.

"For all its cultural power, secular liberalism has fallen into an internal crisis, shadowed by pessimism and despair." - @DouthatNYT youtube.com/watch?v=r_tv2mbW…

A very good overview from Dale Coulter of the current state of affairs in Protestant natural law theory. The volume @RyanTAnd and I edited is referenced as evidence of a growing reception to natural law theory. protestantmind.com/p/protest…