Historical archive
This collection revisits topics documented in earlier versions of Capital Commentary. Each page identifies its historical source and explains the present treatment. Consult the linked archive or primary source record for the available evidence.
Are Christian School Graduates World-Changers?
Historical source: 20 May 2011
Clarifying the Basics of Religious Freedom
10 Summer Reads to Inspire Justice
Politics and Prose: Evangelicals on Public Policy Issues
Historical source: 21 February 2014
What Should Shape a Christian Approach to International Relations?
Islam, Religious Freedom, and American Public Life
Historical source: 1 July 2011
Which Religious Employers' Rights Will Be Respected?
Beyond the Right to Privacy: Responsibilities in the Surveillance Debate
Historical source: 4 October 2013
Prudence: The Forgotten Conservative Virtue
Historical source: 8 November 2013
Russia Blew Up the Adoption Bridge. Now What?
Historical source: 1 February 2013
A Non-messianic Presidency
Historical source: 10 August 2012
Capitalism, Ideology, and the Abortion Debate After Forty Years
Historical source: 25 January 2013
Beyond a Rights-Only Abortion Debate
French-style Polarization in the U.S.?
Reading Abraham Kuyper: A Biography and a Collection of Essays
Historical source: 19 April 2013
Reading Leadership Revolution by John Perkins and Wayne Gordon
Politics and Prose
Politics and Prose: Calvin Seerveld on Education and Culture
Historical source: 21 July 2014
Affirmative Action and the Meaning of Equal Treatment
Evaluating the Affordable Care Act: The Choices After the First Rollout
Historical source: 25 April 2014
Fighting Disease in the Developing World
Historical source: 15 October 2010
Politics and Prose: Fire in the Ashes
A Free People's Suicide: Freedom and Civic Responsibility
Historical source: 3 August 2012
Winner Take All or Splitting the Difference: Lessons from Switzerland
Historical source: 30 November 2012
Politics & Prose
Evangelical-Islamist Encounters on the Frontlines of Change, Part I: Democracy Matures from Within
Historical source: 5 October 2012
Tough Political Choices in Syria: Recognizing the Stakes of Inaction
Could the Syrian Civil War Spread?
Authority, Citizenship, and Public Justice
Defying Authority in Obedience to Authority: Milgram’s Experiment
Historical source: 18 April 2014
Freedom as Authority
Historical source: 27 October 2014
Azusa Pacific University and the Civic Purposes of Christian Education
Politics & Prose
Politics and Prose: Beauty, Religious Freedom, Food, and Place
Historical source: 1 July 2011
Four Books on Place, Democracy, Learning, and Peace
Historical source: 9 September 2011
Fracking and the Meaning of an American Success Story
Fasting for Hunger Prevention
How Might the Arts Be Funded?
Historical source: 13 May 2011
On Wisconsin: Budget Battles and Adversarial Politics
Historical source: 4 March 2011
Religion and Security in the Heart of Asia
Historical source: 4 April 2014
A Crisis of Civility and Representation
In Memoriam: Charles W. Colson, A Life Well-Lived (1931-2012)
Historical source: 27 April 2012
Prison Ministry in the Post-Colson Era
A More Inclusive Republican Vision
Historical source: 7 December 2012
Two Reasons for Civility
Historical source: 28 January 2011
Beyond the Right to Privacy: A New Look at the Surveillance Debate (1)
Contraceptive Coverage and Religious Freedom
Science in Political Discourse
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
Historical source: 17 November 2014
Politics and Prose: Evangelical Peacemakers
Historical source: 20 December 2013
Citizens and Government Share Responsibility for Intergenerational Justice
Historical source: 4 March 2011
Evangelical-Islamist Encounters: Democracy in Tunisia
The True Genius of the U.S. Constitution
Historical source: 15 June 2012
Prosecutorial Discretion on Illegal Immigration: Prudent or Punting?
Historical source: 20 April 2012
Same-Sex Marriage and the Continuing Conversation
Civility and the Small-c Constitution: Lessons for Egypt's Future
Historical source: 4 February 2011
An Egyptian Revolution? Yes, but Shwaya Shwaya
The Perils of Taking Sides
Budget Realities and Political Courage
The Establishment of Religion: Authority, Freedom, and Constitutional History
Law and Violence
Historical source: 1 December 2014
Evangelical-Islamist Encounters, Part II: Dialogue with Islamists and Salafis
Fierce Convictions: Reading Hannah More's Life
Historical source: 15 December 2014
Accountable Care Organizations, Justice, and Pluralism in Health Care Delivery
Historical source: 2 September 2011
What Makes Health Care Reform Just?
Politics and Prose: The Global Public Square
Historical source: 20 September 2013
Christian Principles for Immigration Reform
Historical source: 10 May 2013
Justice Versus Justice
Historical source: 1 November 2013
A Call for Intergenerational Justice: A Dialogue
Historical source: 11 March 2011
A Call for Intergenerational Justice: A Dialogue Continued
Making Tough Decisions in International Assistance
Iran, Sanctions, and the Risks of Brinkmanship
Remembering John Stott
Politics and Prose: Activism, Modern Slavery, and the Limits of Responsibility
Historical source: 15 February 2013
Natural Law, Common Grace, and Public Justice
Historical source: 25 March 2011
Politics and Prose: The King Years and The Sacredness of Human Life
Historical source: 18 January 2013
Politics & Prose: Alexander, Douthat, and Wright
Historical source: 4 May 2012
Teaching the Art of Conversation and Civility
Historical source: 24 June 2011
The Case for a Debt Ceiling and Its Limits
Israel's Future and the Work of Peacemaking
Championing Our Kids
The Politics of the Psalms
Historical source: 18 March 2011
Peering into the Bird's Nest of Public Service Unions
Roe Plus Forty: Where Now?
Two Cheers for the Welfare State
Wonder, Heartbreak and Hope (2)
Historical source: 22 October 2010
The Supreme Court Assesses State Immigration Policy
Poll Taxes in a Post-Racial Era: Voter Identification Laws
Auden and Dylan, Poets of Justice and the Blues
Historical source: 23 September 2011