SODOM & GOMORRAH: Where do rights come from? Hardly a day goes by where I don't read a complaint against Rick Santorum, liberals, or the government about the origin of rights. Any time someone makes a statement that rights come from the government, an army of people line up to shout. I have seen a few arguments in response to the claim that rights come from the … [Read more...]

SODOM & GOMORRAH: Does John Locke's call for religious toleration display an immense intolerance toward religion? The fact that anyone in our secular age would ask the question already reveals the answer the questioner has in mind: yes. A normal, modern reading of John Locke's A Letter Concerning Toleration would fill the typical person's heart with warmness and joy; an … [Read more...]