Every Christmas since 1949 the Wall Street Journal has published In Hoc Anno Domini by Vermont Royster. It tells the story of how the advent of Christianity liberated humankind from the shackles of Roman oppression. Its message is timeless and applies with particular force to today’s struggle between those who believe that the secular state is almighty and all-encompassing and those who believe that the dictates of the state must be subordinate to our natural, inalienable right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Even though Royster wrote of Christianity, his fundamental message supports everyone of whatever religious or […]