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Religion & Other Curiosities
A Transgender Age
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Warriors and Nurses

In our “transgender” world, some women want to be warriors, others are content to perform the traditional role of gentle care-givers.

Anniversaries
Martin Luther before the Diet of Worms.
500 Years of Protestantism

There can be little doubt about Luther’s stature as an agent of historic change, whether intentional of not. To say this is not necessarily an act of homage.

Caution
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The Rainbow Flag Flutters over the U.S. Supreme Court—Now What?

The LGBT movement has been a step forward in the realization of the American democratic experiment. Why then my reluctance to participate in the ongoing victory party?

The Green Pope
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The Fisherman’s Other Shoe Has Dropped

Francis’ prescriptions on the environment are fanciful at best, and represent the latest Vatican lurch to the Left.

The First Amendment
Religion in a Plain Brown Envelope

American progressives want religion to be a pursuit that people engage in privately—rather like pornography.

An Obituary

Brigitte Berger, 1928 – 2015

The Francis Era
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A Poor Church for the Poor?

The left likes to look for the “root causes of poverty”. A better project would be looking for “the root causes of wealth”. It would be helpful if Catholic social teaching supported this project.

Religion & Other Curiosities
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Are Evangelicals Winning the World?

Why are parts of Germany formerly under the enforced secularism of the Communist party rediscovering charismatic religion?

100 Years
The Armenian Genocide and Its Deniers

The 100th year anniversary of one of the great crimes of the 20th century provides a moment to reflect.

Class in America
Virtue and Vice in Indiana

A pizza shop, a national uproar, and the emergence of a new class configuration.

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The Endgame in Syria

Turkey offers a no-fly zone. U.S. Department of State says no.

Beware of Greeks Bearing Debts

The plan was simple: take control, arrest the central bank governor, appeal to Putin for help.

After the Nuclear Deal

The release of the spy was not a sop to Israel, but normal procedure.

Nanny State Madness

In an age of grisly human rights abuses from Syria to North Korea, it’s disconcerting that the UN Human Rights Committee feels that it should devote energy to spanking bans.

Land of the Rising Gun

Abe’s military agenda is teetering on the brink of victory, even as the prime minister himself comes uncomfortably close to the brink of defeat.

Crony Care

For those with the good sense to bet that insurers and hospitals would make bundles of cash from the new law, Obamacare has turned into an investment bonanza.

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