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Iraq: “We Fear a Civil War”
“We fear a civil war. If the various different opposing internal parties do not succeed in finding an agreement, then…
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Why Normal People Should Care About “Baby Busts”
Long, long ago, when Anne’s parents were in college (sorry, mom and dad), demographers made an observation: they saw that…
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Vladimir the Inscrutable: Shall We Savage or Salute Putin?
[Editor’s note: we know that there are very strong opinions on the other side and we are willing to publish…
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Why Boys in Girl’s Bathrooms?
There’s a conflict between non-discrimination laws and religious freedom. Where religious freedom exists to limit government’s intrusion into matters of conscience, non-discrimination…
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Stemming the Tide of “Progress”
Many people, when they hear talk of the growing “war on Christianity,” roll their eyes and dismiss the charges as…
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Book Review: Chesterton’s America
To recommend any book, I should at least be able to say to you that it is a pleasure to…
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U.N. Committee Opens Door to More Lawsuits Against the Church?
New possibilities opened up for plaintiff lawyers last week when a U.N. committee told the Vatican that clergy sex abuse…
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A Market for Disability: Down Syndrome and the Economic Imagination
In a powerful profile of his son Jamie, a young man with Down syndrome, Michael Be?rube? explores some of the key challenges…
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UN Official Says Catholic Teaching on Abortion May be a Form of ‘Torture’
During hearings that one participant described as “surreal,” United Nations representatives this week suggested that the Catholic Church’s opposition to…
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A Way Out for College Kids
American education is in trouble—that much seems to be a given. Our public schools and colleges are getting poor results,…