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CO2 is Not a Pollutant: Debunking a Global-Warming Myth

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In the wake of the "Climate-gate" controversy, a scientist at Princeton University argues for a sensible view on climate change and CO2.
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Do We Have a Right to Equal Health Care?

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Calls for health-care reform confuse the basic right to healthcare and a desire for healthcare that is in all ways equal.
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The Financial Crisis and the Challenge of Natural Law

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Is the current financial crisis simply a technical failure, or does it derive from some more basic problem? Economists may need to begin addressing fundamental questions concerned with value, and for that, they may turn to the natural law tradition.
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Don’t Forget Religious Freedom

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To practice what he preaches, to respect laws passed by Congress, and to support Muslims who advocate for peaceful pluralism, President Obama needs to take action in support of religious freedom. Here are specific suggestions to move this effort forward.
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Economic Liberalism and its Discontents

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If we are to restore confidence in free markets, we need a robust explanation of their moral value.
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Postmodern Pythagoras

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Can the divide between the Liberal Arts and the Sciences be bridged by beauty?
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The Post-Nuclear Family

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It is no simple matter to care for aging parents. But in the face of an uncertain future, concrete steps can be taken to make an unusual option more attractive.
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A Dicey Proposal

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Principled reasons and practical considerations suggest that proposals to legalize casino gambling misunderstand what is good for cities and states, and ultimately for people as well.
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What Makes a Woman a Woman: The Case of Caster Semenya

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Sugar, spice, and everything nice or snaps, snails, and puppy-dog tails? A controversy over a South African runner makes us ask what boys and girls are made of.
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The Real Health-Care Debate

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The real health-care debate isn’t whether we should have reform, but which type of reform to pursue: good reform versus bad reform. A senior economist explains how we can make high quality health-care available to all.
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Social Conservatism Is Here to Stay

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The focus of social conservatives on family and human dignity is as necessary today as ever. Even if today's hot-button issues fade, social conservatism will still be a force in our political life
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What’s Really the Matter With Pop Music?

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Popular music shapes us and our culture, but not only through its lyrics.
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The Pop-Culture Wars

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If we take seriously what is said by Plato and Aristotle, then we must also pay attention to what is being said by the likes of Taylor Swift and Kanye West.
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What Is Public Discourse?

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If citizens and politicians believe that victory is to the loudest, or to the most dramatic, then loud and dramatic they will be. The process of public discourse, by contrast, is often deliberative, difficult, and slow. Its participants must, on occasion, “dare to be boring.”
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All in the Family

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Though there is no hope of having a morally neutral definition of marriage, it is possible to have one based on human nature and supported by sound reasoning.
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The Conscientious Engagement of Yves Simon

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Yves Simon's fierce moral intelligence highlights the sad decay of our public deliberation, but his example also gives cause for hope.
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Tortured Reasoning

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Opposition to the CIA interrogations of terror suspects is not a reason to distort important Constitutional principles.
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Philosophy and the Embryo

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Pragmatic and moral considerations should not be allowed to distort science, nor should they distract philosophy from its pursuit of truth.
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Faith Makes Us Live: Surviving and Thriving in the Haitian Diaspora

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Religious freedom is a universal human right. The plight of Haitian immigrants shows that religion can also be a vitally important means of integrating some of society’s most vulnerable members.
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Free Trade, Utility, and the Good

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Economists and other social scientists should take into account the integral flourishing of human beings and not just material utility. After doing so, defense of free trade becomes more—not less—important.
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The Limits of Free Trade

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Free trade brings with it financial benefits and human rewards. However, it sometimes must be limited if communities and people are to flourish.
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Who Defines What Islam Is?

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Many Muslims have been either silenced or ignored when it comes to their views of their own faith. As we grapple with the legacy of 9/11, we need to listen to these voices if we are to understand the religion they practice.
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Conservatism and Culture

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If conservatives wish to defend culture, they must support the arts. Their support for the arts, however, should be motivated by a love of beauty rather than any political program.
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Health Care Reform and the Public Option in Theory and Practice

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Those who favor providing health care to all shouldn’t necessarily oppose the “public option,” but they will be unable to support a bill if it endorses and entrenches the taking of innocent human life through abortion.
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