Press Releases

Roe v. Wade rests on the right to privacy. An alternative grounding is the Constitution’s Establishment Clause. See post at peterswenz.com.

Should two years of college become the new norm for young people, or is high school more than enough? See post at peterswenz.com.

We might get along better if we thought less of our rights and more of our responsibilities. See post at peterswenz.com.

Do analogies between Trump and Putin justify believing that Trump, like Putin, is a liar with authoritarian ambitions?

Could government-imposed mask mandates reduce Americans’ basic freedoms to the level in oppressive regimes?

Is telling the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth always best? In some contexts, not so much. See post at peterswenz.com.

Must a state pay for private religious education whenever it pays for private secular education? See post at peterswenz.com.

Should monuments to Washington and Lincoln be removed along with those Confederate generals and politicians? See post at peterswenz.com.

Those who perpetrated and support the insurrection on 1/6.21 have dangerous political fantasies. See post at peterswenz.com.

What’s more important, respect for same-sex couples, or respect for refusal to serve them on religious grounds? See post at peterswenz.com.

Some people object to taxes because they believe that a forced payment violates their natural right to property.

Why should Zionists support the Boycott, Divest, and Sanctions Movement which is intended to eliminate Israel as a Jewish state?

Should covid relief and infrastructure improvements be funded by raising taxes on the rich?

What is infrastructure? How is it related to prosperity? Who should pay for it?

Catholic Social Services refused to certify same-sex couples as foster parents and so were dropped from Philadelphia’s certification program

Tesla and other vehicle manufacturers want intercity freight trucks to use electric battery power instead of diesel engines.

Trillions of dollars of federal Covid-19 relief spending raise fears about the size of the national debt.

Is it politically incorrect for a white person to wear black face, display the Confederate flag, or use the word niggardly?

Should the world’s poor have equal access to Covid-19 vaccines, or should Americans be vaccinated before sharing vaccines with others?

How can I know that any Covid-19 vaccine is safe and effective when dishonesty is currently rampant in our society?