Liza Ashley

Op-ed contributor

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Apr 27, 2024
American universities are a mess, but we can’t give up on them
Anyone paying attention can see that American universities have become a clown show. But, the pundits and politicians calling to abandon the universities and the humanities to the wolves have it wrong.
Apr 5, 2024
Unveiling the double standard: Why Christians and Jews are told to ‘toughen up’
This means that Ramadan and Muslim iconoclasm are sacred lines in the sand while Christians and Jews are, at best, told to grow thicker skin and, at worst, openly harassed.
Oct 25, 2023
The war in Gaza is not about revenge — it is taking Hamas at its word
As the reality of war sets in and the worst elements of Western culture attempt to obfuscate moral truth, the essential facts of the Israel-Hamas conflict remain the same.
Aug 31, 2023
A strange no-man’s-land of public morality
While more Americans than ever reject religious answers to ontological questions like “What is a human being, and what dignities does she have as a result?” most still flinch at the intellectually honest materialist’s response: human rights and justice are all just figments of our collective imagination.
Jul 13, 2023
The death of God is driving cancel culture
Perhaps all of us, religious or not, should spend some time learning from the rituals that once held us together.