Ivan Kenneally is a political theorist and academic who contributed essays to The Weekly Standard on political philosophy and social issues. His pieces for the magazine examined topics including moral absolutism and the debate over traditional marriage.
Every discussion of gay marriage should begin with a recognition of its historical radicalness, its exceptionality. Heterosexual marriage has been the fundamental unit of human sociability for thousands of years, a common thread running through otherwise disjunctive cultures and wide-ranging ethnic…
During his presidential campaign, Barack Obama adopted the two-step strategy on abortion that has become standard among liberal politicians: oppose abortion as a matter of personal conviction but deny that that conviction is relevant to public policy. This rhetorical sleight of hand is meant to…