The clash of orthodoxies (including an exchange with Josh Dever) -- Liberal political theory and the culture of death -- God's reasons -- "Same-sex marriage" and "moral neutrality" -- The concept of public morality -- Making children moral: pornography, parents, and the public interest -- The tyrant state -- Justice, legitimacy, and allegiance: "The end of democracy" symposium revisited -- Natural law and civil rights: from Jefferson's "Letter to Henry Lee" to Martin Luther King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail" -- Natural law, the Constitution, and the theory and practice of judicial review (including and exchange with James Fleming) -- What is law? A century of arguments -- Religious values and politics -- Nature, morality, and homosexuality -- Bioethics and public policy: Catholic participation in the American debate -- On fides et ratio -- Afterword: We should not kill human embryos, for any reason.