Capital Commentary is a weekly current-affairs publication of the Center for Public Justice. Published since 1996, it is written to encourage the pursuit of justice. Commentaries do not necessarily represent an official position of the Center for Public Justice but are intended to help advance discussion.
Human Rights and Public Diplomacy: What is Our Role in the World?
by Michelle Crotwell Kirtley
05.18.2012

Our approach to promoting human rights around the world must be grounded in a biblical view of the responsibilities of the U.S. government towards its own citizens and our call to steward our influence and resources for the common good of our global, interconnected community.

How This Is Not a Film is a Call for Justice
by Josh Larsen
05.18.2012

The Iranian film This is Not a Film depicts an artist struggling to express himself while under house arrest and banned from practicing his craft.

The Older Orphans
by Cristina Martinez
05.18.2012

Children who age out of the foster care system face a difficult road with little-to-no support.  As states wrestle with policy changes that may help this vulnerable community, the church should also mobilize to help young adults emerging from the foster care system find their way.

Pity the School: Vanderbilt and the Cultivation of the Indifferent Pluralist
by Bryan T. McGraw
05.18.2012

Vanderbilt's policy of requiring student groups to allow everyone to participate in leadership positions even if they disagree with the core convictions of the organization is not only immoral it is pathetic when you look closely at the fact that the University has exempted fraternities and sororities from this freedom-violating policy.