As usual, these two have challenging and interesting posts up about issues I care deeply about. Rowe has this post about the Ten Commandments case and David Barton's dishonest arguments about their influence on our founding. And Sandefur delivers this post examining the various meanings of "liberty". Great stuff by both of them.
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