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Next Steps for the Pro-Life Movement
In the wake of the reversal of Roe v. Wade, many pro-life leaders have suggested that now the question of abortion can return to the states, and that it...
Donald Trump, Principe
Last year, Christian conservatives had serious reservations about Donald Trump. I was among them. But many of us voted for him anyway. For most, the calculation was straightforward. The...
Unconstitutional Catholics
In late January, the Supreme Court granted review in Glossip v. Gross, a case involving a constitutional challenge to a drug protocol used in the imposition of capital punishment...
Bret Stephens Assails Celibacy
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Faith-Based Voting
I think Mitt Romney’s a good, moral man,” Southern Baptist pastor Robert Jeffress told CNN at last October’s Values Voters Summit, “but I think those of us who are...
In Defense of Ambition: Esolen’s Curious Overstatement
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Treating Democracy
The Responsibility of Reason: Theory and Practice in a Liberal-Democratic Age by Ralph C. Hancock Rowman and Littlefield, 346 pages, $90 n Modern societies lack confidence in the moral...
Tiger Woods and Plato
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Roman Polanski, Hollywood, and the Mystery of the Missing Outrage
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Same-Sex Marriage and the Death of Tradition
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Serpents, Doves, and Abortion
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