Bruce Ledewitz: We don’t need voter ID because voter fraud isn’t a problem
Now that Pennsylvania’s Democratic Sen. John Fetterman has decided to support voter ID, an almost purely Republican cause, it’s time to revisit…
David Brooks wants to rebuild a humanistic culture
To rediscover our values, we first have to forge a new foundation for them.
Bruce Ledewitz: Self-government looks like Donald Trump as president
I am sometimes asked why I am not more upset about the outrageous conduct of President Donald Trump. Partly it’s a personal choice. I promised myself…
Bruce Ledewitz: The right and the wrong ways to protest ICE
From the public record, it certainly appears that the shooting death of Renee Good on Jan. 7 by ICE agent Jonathan Ross was the result of excessive force….
Bruce Ledewitz: A moderate Democrat looks at Trump voters
The columnists, contributing writers and others this week will be commenting on Donald Trump’s first year, on the anniversary week of his second…
Why is rejecting religion so hard?
Secular thinkers should be open to all varieties of human experience.
Bruce Ledewitz: Wait five years: The future of America is bright
It is customary at the beginning of a new year for columnists to make predictions, but President Donald Trump frustrates prediction. His leadership…
Bruce Ledewitz: To keep up with China, the U.S. can’t let neighbors veto infrastructure
On Dec.16, the Springdale Borough Council reluctantly approved the construction of a new AI data center in the borough. The agonizing process that led…
Bruce Ledewitz: Donald Trump should not have been charged with a crime
Many Americans are frightened by President Donald Trump’s politicization of the Justice Department. Trump has ordered federal prosecutors to pursue…
Bruce Ledewtiz: Federal judges should not make political speeches in private
Should a Federal Judge speak where the press is barred? The Pittsburgh Lawyer Chapter of the Federalist Society is holding an event today that is “closed…
A secular life of thanksgiving
It makes for a better life when we practice secular humanist gratitude.
Bruce Ledewitz: Democrats: Call Trump’s bluff on investigating the 2020 election
resident Donald Trump has been insisting that there be a full investigation into voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election. On Oct. 26, he again called…
Bruce Ledewitz: Originalism is a mirage. Judges must exercise political judgment.
Justice Amy Barrett writes in her recent book, “Listening to the Law,” that she is an originalist. She’s not. Neither are Justices…
The lure of the transcendent
We need a secular framework for human experiences of awe and deep meaning.
Bruce Ledewitz: President Trump stops the war in Gaza
The Gaza war has stopped for now, as Israel and Hamas negotiate the terms of a White House sponsored peace deal. The Israeli hostages, or their remains,…
Bruce Ledewitz: The bizarre rule that let the government shutdown has got to go
As I write this column, the federal government is in a partial shutdown that should not have happened. Governments should never shut down. Shutdowns are…
Do secularists need confession and repentance?
Seeking forgiveness, and granting it, makes us better people.
Bruce Ledewitz: The real cause of American political violence isn’t the rhetoric
In the wake of the assassination of conservative activist and icon Charlie Kirk, The New York Times editorialized that we need “to turn down the…
Bruce Ledewitz: Our state Supreme Court justices are partly partisan
On November 3, 2015, voters changed the makeup of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court by electing three Democratic Party candidates to 10-year terms: Christine…
Bruce Ledewitz: Democratic states can save the Constitution without imitating Texas
I think former Attorney General Eric Holder has lost his mind. He suggested that Democrats in New York and California engage in extreme congressional district…
Bruce Ledewitz: Republicans, please learn from the relentless summer of 2025
At 5:15 a.m., on July 25, I came back inside the house from walking the dogs and asked Alexa for the temperature. The calm female voice responded, “In…
Bruce Ledewitz: How to stop a president from violating the Constitution
One of President Trump’s first acts upon assuming office was to issue an executive order purporting to end birthright citizenship — the principle…
Bruce Ledewitz: The new ‘postliberals’ like Trump but not the Declaration of Independence
A year ago, on the Fourth of July, my country was an idea — the idea embodied in the Declaration of Independence. The colonists did not fight for…
Bruce Ledewitz: If Lincoln could do it, Trump can do it, but he shouldn’t
The late, great constitutionalist Charles Black used to ask his law school students why Abraham Lincoln did not ask the U.S. Supreme Court for an injunction…
Bruce Ledewitz: Donald Trump’s Iranian mistake
Now that there is (as I write) a ceasefire, we can see the serious mistake President Donald made with regard to Iran.
His mistake was not that he joined…
His mistake was not that he joined…
Bruce Ledewitz: Why the Democrats can’t defeat Donald Trump
What next for the Democrats? It should be easy for the Democrats to take back power from the Republicans.
Donald Trump’s presidency thus far…
Donald Trump’s presidency thus far…
Bruce Ledewitz: First They Came for Harvard. They’ll come for us.
Not many people have sympathy for Harvard University in its fight with President Donald Trump. Harvard is rich — with an endowment of more than $50…
Bruce Ledewitz: Fairness and good finances require a property tax assessment
Given the predominance in registration, whoever wins tomorrow’s Democratic Party Primary — whether current Mayor Ed Gainey or challenger Corey…
Bruce Ledewitz: An non-believer explains why Catholic conservatives never understood Pope Francis
In a New York Times story about the late Pope Francis’s relationship with Catholic conservatives, Michael Hichborn, president of the traditionalist…
Bruce Ledewitz: The conservative legal movement does not defend the Constitution
n the movie “The Bridge on the River Kwai,” Colonel Nicholson, played by Alec Guinness, leads captured British POWs in building a splendid…
Bruce Ledewitz: Donald Trump is destined to fail
My friends and family members are frantic that Donald Trump will destroy the Constitution. I don’t blame them. Trump is acting like a king who can…
Bruce Ledewitz: Republicans, get rid of the filibuster but force Trump to act legally
We have just witnessed the absurd spectacle of Democrats in the U.S. Senate conducting an unjustified filibuster against a Republican appropriations bill…
Bruce Ledewitz: A Democratic people’s platform that could defeat Donald Trump
The Democratic Party — my party — must be the most inept political organization in history. The first six weeks of Donald Trump’s presidency…
Bruce Ledewitz: The Supreme Court will step up and Trump will back down
Since his inauguration, Donald Trump has been acting like a king in ways that either violate the Constitution under existing law or would do so if anyone…
Ross Douthat wants you to believe in God
The orderly universe is not the pro-God argument Douthat thinks it is.
Lessons for a future atheist president from Jimmy Carter’s funeral – Bruce Ledewitz
It was inspiring. When will we be able to match it? My column today in OnlySky. Lessons for a future atheist president from Jimmy Carter’s funeral A secular civilization, like […]
Bruce Ledewitz: It’s time to stop presidents from abusing the power to pardon
Bill Clinton was accused of selling a pardon. Joe Biden tried to put a legal cocoon around his family. Donald Trump granted clemency to police assaulters…
Bruce Ledewitz: Donald Trump’s an autocrat, but he succeeded an autocrat
Observers on the left are worried that under President Donald Trump, America will “sleepwalk” into autocracy. I have news: we already live…
Bruce Ledewitz: The Supreme Court’s majority is beginning to think more clearly
The year 2024 was notable for many things, including Donald Trump’s re-election. Last year’s most significant legal event was the end of originalism…
What David Brooks’s search for God can teach secularists
Brooks’s essay is the kind that often exasperates nonbelievers. But is there something of value to secular civilization in his God-optional conclusions?
Bruce Ledewitz: Israel is now a politically partisan issue
Joe Biden may be the last pro-Israel Democrat elected President. But he won’t be the last Democrat elected President. What does the future hold now…
Bruce Ledewitz: Make the Democrats great again
The Democrats, still shocked by Trump’s victory and their many other election losses, have not begun to think about becoming the dominant American…
Bruce Ledewitz: Donald Trump is inheriting a stronger country thanks to Joe Biden
Every Thanksgiving, New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd’s conservative brother writes her column. This year, he crowed about Donald Trump’s…
The rehabilitation of truth
You cannot build a secular civilization into the future without a kind of faith.
Bruce Ledewitz: The one thing the Senate Democrats must not do
I am proud of my party — the Democratic Party. When we lose a presidential election, we admit it and figure out how to win next time. We…
Bruce Ledewitz: How the Democratic party must change to win in 2028
No, Donald Trump is not a political genius; we are not all MAGA; Kamala Harris is not a vapid non-entity; the institutions of liberal constitutional democracy…
Bruce Ledewitz: How to stop campaign spending from corrupting elections
What problem is campaign finance reform supposed to fix? Some say it is the extreme amount of spending in politics. For example, I don’t…
Bruce Ledewitz: Mr. President: Pardon Donald Trump
In the interest of national unity and to protect the rule of law, President Joe Biden should take a magnanimous step and pardon President-elect Donald…
Bruce Ledewitz: History’s most fiscally irresponsible presidential election
I don’t know who will win the presidential election, but I know who will lose — anyone who relies on the full…
What can future secularists learn from the Jewish High Holy Days?
The coming secular civilization will have regional variations borrowing concepts and even rituals from local religions.
Bruce Ledewitz: What can presidents do? And not do?
Presidents can do a lot — a lot of good and a lot of harm. But they can’t do everything. That should both frighten and reassure us as the presidential…
Bruce Ledewitz: Joe Manchin should be a Democratic party hero
If Kamala Harris ekes out a victory over Donald Trump in November, one former Democrat in particular will deserve a large portion of the credit —…
Bruce Ledewitz: The nation’s dark mood may decide the election, even though it’s wrong
This election is about a lot of things. Trump’s criminality. Biden record. Harris’s lack of proposals. And many other issues.
But the election…
But the election…
Don’t let secular fear of God-belief poison law, politics
Author and law professor Bruce Ledewitz warns that the rejection of objective morality and meaning imperils the future we claim to want.
God and the future of secularism
Does secularism have room for elements of human life traditionally associated with God?
Bruce Ledewitz: A simple change to make the Senate great again
It’s September before a November presidential election. No one knows which party will win the presidency…
From secular society to secular civilization
In a hundred years, the Nones will likely be a majority of the US population. What will that secular society be like?
Bruce Ledewitz: Trump and Biden are both wrong about democracy
It is not often that both political parties raise the same theme at the same time in the middle of a presidential election.
That is what happened recently,…
That is what happened recently,…
Bruce Ledewitz: What JD Vance and the progressive left don’t understand about America
The GOP vice presidential nominee, Ohio senator JD Vance, called for American nationalism in his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention…
Bruce Ledewitz: Introducing The Donald Trump Bump Stock Act
There is controversy over the soundness of several Supreme Court decisions this past term. But there should be no debate…
Bruce Ledewitz: The Supreme Court’s immunity decision was good for America
The Supreme Court did America a favor by ruling that ex-presidents cannot be prosecuted for their official acts after they leave office. Admittedly, this…
Bruce Ledewitz: The system’s not made for workers
I recently spent a week watching blue collar Americans at work. These are workers I do not usually really see. They clean buildings at night, provide security,…
Bruce Ledewitz: Donald Trump’s hush money trial threatens constitutional democracy
Although some in my party — the Democratic Party — felt joy over the criminal conviction of former President…
Bruce Ledewitz: The Republican reason we’re not talking about climate change
Two weeks ago, I wrote a column criticizing the irresponsibility of politicians, and the indifference of voters, concerning the national debt. I received…
Bruce Ledewitz: Neither party will admit the deficit crisis, because they’re both guilty
In terms of the national debt, I don’t know which political party is worse. The Democrats refuse to acknowledge that the current level of deficit…
Bruce Ledewitz: The point where protesters’ free speech ends
Politicians in Washington are busy drafting laws that they claim will protect the safety of college students, especially Jewish college students. But…
Bruce Ledewitz: Republican pro-lifers change their principles when consistency might cost them
Biology is not policy. So, even if we could all agree that life begins at conception, that would not determine what the law of abortion, or other ways…
Bruce Ledewitz: Biden must debate Trump, but not until he recants
President Joe Biden should insist as a condition for debating former president Donald Trump during this fall’s election campaign that Trump recant…
What Does Pennsylvania’s Amendment Barring Race Discrimination Actually Do?
Federal constraints leave a narrow — but important — role for a 2021 state constitutional amendment addressing racial equality.
Bruce Ledewitz: What will happen if the U.S. gives up on Ukraine
Would Israel survive the fall of Ukraine? Would Taiwan? Republican leaders in the House certainly think so. While criticizing and blocking military aid…
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Will the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Recognize a Right to Abortion?
Two justices say there is a constitutional right to abortion, but it’s not clear the full court will consider the question.
Bruce Ledewitz: Why can’t we have open immigration?
The crisis at the southern border is caused by bad laws. We could cure the problem by returning to an older American tradition — structured open immigration. Not an open border. Whatever the law is, it must be enforced. It is not acceptable that our current laws are ambiguous and
Freedom, democracy are here to stay — reflections on politics in 2024
It’s winter: dark, dreary and cold. There is a palpable feeling of dread in America as we face the upcoming 2024 political season. Pundits wonder why everyone is so grumpy. Positive economic news fails to change the national mood or lift the electoral prospects of President Joe Biden. We are
Bruce Ledewitz: Americans must stop Israel annexing the West Bank
When President Joe Biden went to Israel shortly after Hamas’s murderous attack of Oct. 7, he not only pledged that any hostile strike against Israel…
What Does The Realist Turn Mean for Originalism and American Public Life? – Penn State Law Review
By: Bruce Ledewitz*
Bruce Ledewitz: Is Christianity making a comeback?
We read stories all the time about the decline of organized religion in America. Around one-third of Americans answer “none” when asked on surveys about their religious affiliation. Self-identified Christians still make up a majority of the population — 63% — but that is down from 90% in the 1990s.
Bruce Ledewitz: I sent $1,000 to the Dean Phillips’ Democratic presidential campaign — here’s why
Joe Biden has done a very good job as president. I want to see his record vigorously and effectively defended in the 2024 presidential election. Because of his age, I don’t think Biden is the right candidate to do that. That is why I sent a campaign contribution to U.S.
Bruce Ledewitz: The rage of the essential worker
The other day, I did something most of my fellow liberals have never done — I had a serious conversation with an essential worker. He could have been a grocery clerk, a construction worker, a health care aide or innumerable other job classifications. He could have been female or male,
Bruce Ledewitz: Does God want his children to kill each other?
The struggle between Israel and the Palestinians is a religious struggle. That is why compromise is so difficult and peace so elusive. Israel and Hamas are not equivalent. Hamas sent its forces into Israel specifically to kill and kidnap as many civilians as possible. That is barbarism, not warfare.…
OPINION EXCHANGE | Amy Klobuchar to the rescue in the presidential race?
It wouldn’t be the first time a Minnesota senator transformed a campaign season.
Bruce Ledewitz: Why so many university students don’t really believe in free speech
When the Post-Gazette reported that Duquesne University ranked very low on a national survey of free speech, my first reaction was that the survey must…
Will Pennsylvania courts follow Montana on climate change? They might go further | Opinion
The Pennsylvania Constitution specifically protects the right to a healthy environment
Bruce Ledewitz: Summer Lee must talk to the Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle
The Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle, the weekly newspaper that, as its masthead proclaims, “connect[s] Jewish Pittsburgh,” says that my representative…
Commentary: Further prosecutions over the 2020 election are not justified – Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Bruce Ledewitz argues that the criminal prosecutions related to the 2020 election are going to prove more difficult than is generally assumed.
Did the Biden administration violate the First Amendment? – Pennsylvania Capital-Star
federal Judge Terry Doughty, an appointee of former President Donald Trump, ruled that the Biden administration had violated the First Amendment by asking social media sites to delete posts containing false information, including misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines and the 2020 election.
Pardon me? Why Biden should pull a Gerald Ford when it comes to Trump | Bruce Ledewitz – Pennsylvania Capital-Star
And for the same reason — for the good of the country and the health of our democracy.
Six lessons from the debt deal. What did we learn? | Bruce Ledewitz • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
A real debt deal that puts America on a sane fiscal path does not appear likely no matter who is in charge in Washington.
The Durham Report shows why we don’t want the FBI involved in politics | Bruce Ledewitz • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Overreach by the government should not be ignored, even if the victim is Donald Trump.
If the GOP won’t do it, Democrats will have to block Trump’s nomination for them | Bruce Ledewitz • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Any chance that Trump might become president should be avoided at all costs. Democrats have a role to play in the nominating process.
The Pgh synagogue shooting case should’ve been heard in Pa. court | Bruce Ledewitz • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Federal jurisdiction over this case introduces enormous complications, both practical and legal.
The views aired at Pitt debate were ugly. It was still right to let it happen | Bruce Ledewitz • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
A university is exactly the place where such explorations must take place if America is to remain a free society.
Supreme Myths: Professor Bruce Ledewitz on Apple Podcasts
Show Supreme Myths, Ep Professor Bruce Ledewitz – Apr 21, 2023
With Pa’s highest court depleted, Shapiro, GOP Senate leaders let voters down | Bruce Ledewitz • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
The Pennsylvania Constitution is very clear as to what should happen when there is a vacancy on the state Supreme Court.
The theological error behind post-liberalism’s bid for political power
A movement that is largely invisible to secular Americans poses a very real threat to our secular and pluralistic democracy.
What bad decisions by Ron DeSantis and Gavin Newsom have in common | Bruce Ledewitz • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
We’re citizens — not subjects. The two governors ignored that fact in their unconstitutional haste to punish two corporations.
By any measure, liberal democracy is superior. Here’s why | Bruce Ledewitz • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Is our liberal system in need of improvement? Of course. Is it worth saving? Obviously.
If I were a betting man: Some predictions for the year we have left | Bruce Ledewitz • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Predictions are difficult, especially, as Yogi Berra might have said, about the future.
On Pope Benedict, science, faith, and his legacy | Bruce Ledewitz • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
The most conservative of popes showed a surprising openness to dialogue.
Do all dogs go to Heaven? How our secular culture views death | Bruce Ledewitz • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Americans seem to want the promises and benefits of religion without the rigors of belief and faith.
The one good thing about the independent state legislature theory | Bruce Ledewitz • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
The doctrine, for all its faults, would protect the public from judicial partisanship.
Why the courts should stop Philly DA Larry Krasner’s impeachment trial | Bruce Ledewitz • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
The effort to remove Krasner is a recall masquerading as an impeachment. And Pa., unlike other states, doesn’t have recall.
When it comes to prosecuting Trump, Merrick Garland needs to decide already | Bruce Ledewitz • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Donald Trump needs to be removed from public life. It’s time for the AG to fish or cut bait.
The midterms were good news for Dems, but even better news for the country | Bruce Ledewitz • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Even with a GOP-controlled House, there’s still the prospect of bipartisan wins for President Joe Biden.
A law professors’ symposium asks: Should we control the U.S. Supreme Court? | Bruce Ledewitz • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Yes, American law has a future. The constitutional project is not exhausted. It is not over.
There’s a secular need for the High Holy Days. This is why | Bruce Ledewitz • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Who doesn’t long to start again? Who doesn’t wish to shed all the mistakes of the past?
The nation’s debt limit serves no purpose. It should be eliminated | Bruce Ledewitz • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Invoking the debt limit keeps the government from paying bills we already owe.
Only you can prevent amendment abuse | Bruce Ledewitz • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Because we get so much of our news online, many Pennsylvanians did not see the advertisement of five proposed amendments to the Pennsylvania Constitution that were published in Pennsylvania newspapers on Thursday, Sept. 1 — three months before the next general election as prescribed by the state constitution. If approved in the next legislative session, […]
Trump isn’t going to jail. And that’s good news for Democrats | Bruce Ledewitz • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
It means that the Democrats’ chances of retaining control of Congress and the White House just improved
Few lessons for Pa. from Kansas abortion vote. GOP still should beware | Bruce Ledewitz • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Republicans run the risk of creating the very constitutional right to abortion they are trying to prevent.
This is the right moment for the Democrats to run a fiscal hawk | Bruce Ledewitz • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
A balanced budget is the way to bring back the working class, especially voters of color.
“Dobbs Is Not a Religion Case” by Bruce Ledewitz – Canopy Forum
Picture by Claire Anderson on Unsplash. This article is part of our “Kennedy, Carson, and Dobbs: Law and Religion in Pressing Supreme Court Cases” series.If you’d like to check out other articles in this series, click here. I was unhappy, but not surprised, to see Canopy Forum including Dobbs v. Jac…
The Supreme Court’s abortion, EPA rulings could open the door to more democracy | Bruce Ledewitz • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
The cases that are bothering people require a democratic political response. They do not demand a surrender.
Does the end of Roe mean the end of the anti-abortion movement? | Bruce Ledewitz • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
A minority got something the majority doesn’t want. Imposing their will won’t be as easy as they think
Tax cuts cause inflation, too. We need to resist quick fixes | Bruce Ledewitz • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
The bottom line: Inflation is far worse than higher taxes
Here’s a path to practical, immediate gun reform | Bruce Ledewitz • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Ban all body armor sales for civilians and slap a hefty tax on assault weapons and ammo.
The Future of Secularism | The Marginalia Review of Books
The future of liberalism lies in secularism. What is needed for a renaissance in liberalism worldwide is a spiritual revival in secularism itself. To put this another way, the current crisis in values after the Death of God could be thought of as the birth pangs of the creation of the first genuinely secular civilization in human history.
Debating when Clarence Thomas should recuse himself is the wrong argument | Bruce Ledewitz • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
The question really is whether we can trust the justices not to be zealous, partisan fanatics. Some Americans don’t. And that’s the issue.
A leak? The Supreme Court tipped its hand on abortion long ago | Bruce Ledewitz • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
The justices harmed the rule of law when they refused to enjoin Texas’ restrictive, six-week abortion ban.
How a shuttered bathroom at a Pgh grocery store explains structural racism | Bruce Ledewitz • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Structural racism does not require evil people dressed in white robes to be effective. It operates quietly, but relentlessly.
Toomey’s vote against Ketanji Brown Jackson set a dangerous precedent. Here’s why | Bruce Ledewitz • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Justices don’t make campaign promises. They interpret the law – and that perspective can change over time.
There are limits to the American Renaissance over Ukraine | Bruce Ledewitz • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
American public life remains as unhealthy as it was before Vladimir Putin’s brutal invasion.
Ukrainians are fighting and dying to defend their homes. Could I do the same? | Bruce Ledewitz • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
The crisis in Ukraine, and the courage of its people, presents America with a chance for a national renaissance.
What does the Jan. 6 committee hope to learn from Sen. Doug Mastriano? | Bruce Ledewitz • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
If Mastriano can be called to testify, why not every Republican legislator who voted to reject lawful Biden electors?
Needed: A new story for a culture that no longer acts as if God is real
Doesn’t the decline of American religion take us closer to the world we want? Maybe. But this in-between period is hell.
In a time of political hostility, this Pittsburgh author blames ‘the death of God’
Bitter partisanship stops the country’s leaders from doing much about society’s biggest challenges. But Duquesne University law professor Bruce Ledewitz argues there is a way out of the dysfunction, and he says it begins with digging into its root cause.
Review: If God is dead, can the universe be on our side?
Fraught times demand radical inquiry. In “The Universe Is On Our Side,” Bruce Ledewitz argues that the cause of the nation’s divisions…
Why do Pa. courts have a say on mail-in voting? They probably shouldn’t | Bruce Ledewitz • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
The Commonwealth Court decision striking down mail-in voting for the 2022 election is probably unconstitutional. This is why.
How the U.S. Supreme Court is inviting the Senate to scrap the filibuster | Bruce Ledewitz • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
If you agree with the justices that the people must rule, then you should also support getting rid of the filibuster.
The Big Lie is undermining our democracy. Both parties need to to defeat it | Bruce Ledewitz • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Americans are legitimately worried about the future of democracy.
The Universe Is on Our Side: Restoring Faith in American Public Life
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Sure, things seem bad. But there are some reasons to be cheerful in 2022 | Bruce Ledewitz • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Even if President Joe Biden is no FDR, it is still true that the only thing we have to be pessimistic about is pessimism itself.
Has the Death of Faith Made Us More Tribal?
I n The Universe Is on Our Side: Restoring Faith in American Public Life Bruce Ledewitz argues that there has been a breakdown in Americ…
“Why Secular Society Desperately Needs the Recognition of Religious Holidays” by Bruce Ledewitz – Canopy Forum
Image by Fabio Valeggia from Pixabay. It is the common and traditional view that disputes over the recognition of religious holidays — disputes over creches and menorahs on public property, for example — are a clash between religious and secular citizens over the meaning of the Establishment Clause in the Constitution. But this is an…Read More
Stop calling Kyle Rittenhouse a hero. He killed two unarmed people | Bruce Ledewitz • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Based on the Rittenhouse verdict, the rest of us are now unsafe around anyone with a gun.
Jeff Schechtman’s “Talk Cocktail”
“To discover to the world something which deeply concerns it, and of which it was previously ignorant; to prove to it that it had been mistaken on some vital point of temporal or spiritual interest, is as important a service as a human being can render to his fellow creatures…”
John Stuart Mill, “On Liberty”
John Stuart Mill, “On Liberty”
Bruce Ledewitz – Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures
Free Made Local Event | Thursday, March 3, 2022 at 6 p.m. at the Carnegie Library Lecture Hall in Pittsburgh’s Oakland Neighborhood
