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A Sexual or Asexual Public Square?
Several weeks back there was a bit of a dust-up in conservative Reformed Protestant circles over the following simple question: Does being a man or a woman have any...
Don’t Raise the Minimum Wage
My colleague Jared Pincin and I have taken to the pages of the Newark Star-Ledger to make an ethical case against President Obama’s proposal to raise the minimum wage from...
California’s Ban on Same-Sex Therapy
At the end of September, California passed a law making it illegal for licensed therapists to counsel minors away from same-sex attraction. California Senator Ted W. Lieu, the lead...
Problems with the Navy’s Sex Integration Scheme
Writing in the U.S. Naval Institute’s Proceedings magazine, Retired Navy Captain Kevin Eyer explains how sex integration has wasted the Navy’s resources and made it less combat-ready: Casual observers—civilians...
Debates Matter; Babies Matter More
While the country digests Governor Romney’s unexpectedly good showing at Wednesday’s presidential debate, Roger Clegg at National Review calls us back to higher things . This week the CDC released...