Josh Hawley is a U.S. Senator from Missouri, elected in 2018, and a prominent figure in conservative politics. A Yale Law School graduate and former law professor, he contributed essays to The Weekly Standard on topics including political history and religious liberty. Before entering politics, he was known as a conservative legal scholar and author.
On June 30, the Supreme Court ruled that the federal government cannot force Americans to abandon their most deeply held convictions as the price of doing business in the United States. Burwell v. Hobby Lobby counts as a landmark win for religious liberty. But it is also an important vindication of…
Osawatomie, Kansas, is where Theodore Roosevelt famously announced his embrace of progressive politics—from atop a kitchen table, no less, displaying the irrepressible verve that led Henry Adams to call him a “steam engine in trousers.” President Barack Obama, not famous for irrepressible verve,…