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A Sexual or Asexual Public Square?

David Talcott

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

David Talcott

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

David Talcott

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

David Talcott

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

David Talcott

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...