Op-Eds/Essays

The Hill 3/19/25

“What’s in it for Me” has Gone Too Far, and Trump and Musk Make it Worse

SubStack @johnaragosta 3/13/25

Mahmoud Khalil and Executive Power

The Hill 3/5/25

Trump’s “Beautiful” Tariffs will Weaken Trade and Worsen Inequality

Baltimore Sun 2/20/25

A Bullying Trade Policy Comes with Costs

Real Clear History 2/17/25

A Day to Celebrate a President, Not a King

SubStack @johnaragosta 2/4/25

The Opportunity Gap: Education

Baltimore Sun 2/1/25

Trump’s Tax Cuts have Worsened Already-Disastrous Wealth Gap

The Hill 1/17/25

Trump’s TikTok Argument Puts his Ego Above the Law

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 12/24/24

What Happens When Churches and Community Both Decline

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 12/3/24

Thomas Jefferson Would Tell Us We Need Big Government

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 11/14/24

Thomas Jefferson Could Tell Donald Trump What to do After an Election Like Ours

Time Magazine 7/15/24

The True Meaning of “Give me Liberty”

Virginian-Pilot 3/21/24

Rethinking Patrick Henry on a Historic Anniversary

The Hill 2/20/24

Texas’s Secessionist Compact with the Devil Aims to “Nullify” Federal Law

Virginian-Pilot 1/15/24

Religious Freedom is a Principle Worth Celebrating

John Ragosta 1/25/22 John Ragosta 1/25/22

Patrick Henry and the Defense of Democracy

History News Network, January 23, 2022

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John Ragosta 1/15/22 John Ragosta 1/15/22

A Nod to Religious Freedom and American Diversity

Richmond Times-Dispatch, January 15, 2022

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John Ragosta 12/22/21 John Ragosta 12/22/21

The case that’s testing the Supreme Court’s boundaries on church and state

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John Ragosta 1/18/21 John Ragosta 1/18/21

What Would Patrick Henry Say?

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John Ragosta 1/16/21 John Ragosta 1/16/21

Jefferson Still Teaches Us Lessons about Religious Freedom

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John Ragosta 12/21/20 John Ragosta 12/21/20

A Revolution at the Ballot Box

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John Ragosta 6/21/20 John Ragosta 6/21/20

Review: “Daniel L. Dreisbach and Mark David Hall, eds., Great Christian Jurists in American History”

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John Ragosta 1/16/20 John Ragosta 1/16/20

We can celebrate religious freedom by keeping religion separate from government

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John Ragosta 1/1/20 John Ragosta 1/1/20

Election of 1800

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John Ragosta 9/15/19 John Ragosta 9/15/19

What We’re Missing in All the Fuss

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John Ragosta 1/16/19 John Ragosta 1/16/19

The Limits on Religious Toleration

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John Ragosta 1/16/18 John Ragosta 1/16/18

Religious Freedom and the American Experiment

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John Ragosta 8/26/17 John Ragosta 8/26/17

History of Church-State Separation

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John Ragosta 6/1/15 John Ragosta 6/1/15

Review, “Steven D. Smith, The Rise and Decline of American Religious Freedom”

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John Ragosta 1/11/15 John Ragosta 1/11/15

The Exceptional Blessing of Religious Freedom

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John Ragosta 12/18/14 John Ragosta 12/18/14

Christian or Satanist displays? Keep them off gov’t land

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John Ragosta 5/7/14 John Ragosta 5/7/14

Town Prayers: What does the Supreme Court mean by coercion? (w/ Finkelman and Green)

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John Ragosta 4/23/14 John Ragosta 4/23/14

Can there be a rational compromise on the Pledge of Allegiance?

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John Ragosta 3/21/14 John Ragosta 3/21/14

Review: “David O. Stewart, American Emperor: Aaron Burr’s Challenge to Jefferson’s America”

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John Ragosta 1/12/14 John Ragosta 1/12/14

Religious Freedom: A Proud Day for Richmond

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