Religion and Values

Despite the Constitution's clear prohibition of a religious test for office, the race for the White House has turned into a campaign to get Americans to vote in blocs for particular candidates based on their religious beliefs.

It may sound paradoxical, but WASP studies remains the essential study today for those who want to advance the concepts of liberty and equality in American politics.

This fall, for the fifth year, I'm teaching a course at Harvard. I spent Monday, the first day of the semester, in Cambridge. This year's course, bas...