Although it's disgusting that Trump won (no surprise, given the polls), if you add up all the Republican voters who didn't vote for...

http://eppc.org/publications/richard-a-posnera%C2%80%C2%99s-badly-confused-attack-on-scaliagarner/ HT: Paul Manata

Along with Robert Bork, Antonin Scalia was the leading proponent of originalism and textualism. Richard Posner is his nemesis. His position...

The Supreme Court vacancy caused by Scalia's death will provoke a moralistic debate about his successor. The liberal establishment will...

Trump makes much of his alleged success as a businessman. He assures us that he'll choose the best people for his presidential administr...

http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2016/02/16478/

Phil Lawler: The damage done—again—by the Pope's interview How damaging was the latest papal interview? Let me count the ways. Tomorr...

http://www.craigkeener.com/the-risen-movie/

I'm going to comment on Posner's review: https://newrepublic.com/article/106441/scalia-garner-reading-the-law-textual-originali...

I'm not a lawyer, cybersecurity expert, or Apple technician, so I can't speak to the legal or scientific technicalities of this deb...

Once upon a time, a few devout Arminians established a compound in a remote, wooded location, to keep themselves unspotted from the lubrici...

http://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2016/02/18/mr-pope-tear-down-this-wall/

[Metaphor alert: this post contains an overabundance of metaphors.] 1. I normally avoid debates over evidentialism because I think that...

“Pope Francis” continues to contradict earlier popes. He did it again today on his flight home to Rome from Mexico. This time he stepped all...

Tone Police:  “T otally inappropriate  to show a picture like this” OFFICIAL: Triablogue has been cited by the Official Tone Police for ...

The Effect of Immigration on Europe? One of Poland’s most popular weekly magazines has splashed a graphic depiction of the rape of Euro...

See here . If Trump becomes the nominee, we can expect a lot more of that sort of material to come out and get widespread media attention. ...

Lydia McGrew's comments have been piling up in response to two of my posts. I'll consolidate them and respond to them here: On ...

Stuart Stevens has just published an article recommending something like the approach I've been recommending against Trump . The way I p...

1. Scalia is a conservative icon. He's rightly admired for his defense of popular sovereignty. He championed consent of the governed. H...