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Regulations and Flexibility

One of the biggest stories of the summer in the world of labor and employment law was news that the Department of Labor plans to more than double the threshold for exemption from the Fair Labor Standards Act’s overtime pay requirements. In practical terms, this means that…

Donald RothJuly 27, 2026

Articles & Essays Criminal Justice

Shooting in Ferguson

In the past year, the nation’s attention has been repeatedly drawn back and forth from Ferguson to New York City as events in the two cities have had an eerie and disturbing resonance with one another. From an officer-involved death that set off controversy in Ferguson to…

Donald RothJuly 27, 2026

Articles & Essays Law

Free Religion is not Free Discrimination

When Indiana Governor Mike Pence signed Indiana’s version of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) into law on March 26, it kicked up a firestorm of controversy and is already seeing a wave of backlash, such as the City of San Francisco banning any work-related travel to the state,…

Donald RothJuly 27, 2026

Articles & Essays Devotion & Bible Study

What is Jesus’ Will?

“Therefore he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant. For where a will is involved, the death…

Donald RothJuly 27, 2026

Articles & Essays Theology

The Vanishing (Reformed) Youth

Today, the Pew Research Center released some of the first data from its 2014 research on the religious affiliations of the populace of the United States. With the comparisons made to a similar 2007 study, there are a lot of interesting tidbits floating in the data, but…

Donald RothJuly 27, 2026

Articles & Essays Politics

What is Religious Liberty?

If we ask what political conditions would be necessary to bring about an end to, or at least significant abatement of, religious persecution, the normal answer is that governments should respect religious liberty. In fact, the promotion of religious liberty is listed by the United…

Donald RothJuly 27, 2026

Articles & Essays Law

A Summary and Initial Response to the Same-Sex Marriage Ruling

Yesterday’s decision upholding the Affordable Care Act (see my summary and analysis here) was an important win for the Obama Administration, but it will likely be completely overshadowed by today’s decision in Obergefell v Hodges, the case which has legalized same-sex marriage across the United States. Unlike yesterday’s…

Donald RothJuly 27, 2026

Articles & Essays Politics

Imagining the Kingdom

There has been significant debate recently over whether or not it is legitimate to link the reprehensible actions of groups like ISIS and Al Qaeda with the broader religion of Islam. We have run pieces on this here at iAt, authored by both myself and Walker Cosgrove, and there…

Donald RothJuly 27, 2026

Articles & Essays Politics

Are the FCC’s “New” Regulations really an “Obamacare for the Internet”?

A few days ago, news services everywhere were abuzz with news about the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) new “Net Neutrality” regulations. While many internet sources have been advocating for this concept for a while now, recent coverage has increased not only because of decisive action…

Donald RothJuly 27, 2026

Articles & Essays Culture

Helicopter or Free Range: A Dilemma of Modern Parenting

When I first heard stories about a couple of parents in Maryland who were being investigated by Child Services for letting their children wander the streets alone, the visions in my head were of some poor, scared kids navigating the projects of East Baltimore like…

Donald RothJuly 27, 2026

Articles & Essays

Regulations and Flexibility

Shooting in Ferguson

Free Religion is not Free Discrimination

What is Jesus’ Will?

The Vanishing (Reformed) Youth

What is Religious Liberty?

A Summary and Initial Response to the Same-Sex Marriage Ruling

Imagining the Kingdom

Are the FCC’s “New” Regulations really an “Obamacare for the Internet”?

Helicopter or Free Range: A Dilemma of Modern Parenting

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