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Where in the Constitution is “Separation of Church and State”?

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Misleading talk of "separation of church and state" obscures the true meaning of the First Amendment.
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Pornography and Socially Responsible Investing

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The practice of socially responsible investing, often associated with opposition to apartheid or support for environmental causes, can also be a way to battle the harms of pornography.
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Tea Party Metaphysics: Where Do We Go From Here?

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Social conservatives must understand and embrace America’s traditional economic culture before they can contribute to its renewal. Economic conservatives must expel the infection of shallow anthropology, vulgar utilitarianism, and metaphysical blindness that they picked up from progressivism in the 20th century.
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Swastikas, Burning Crosses, and “God Hates Fags”

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It’s time for conservatives and liberals alike to remember that certain words by their very utterance inflict injury.
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Times of Clear and Present Danger

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A new book by Gabriel Schoenfeld examines the dangers and difficulties inherent in keeping state secrets.
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Religion, Journalism, and the New American Orthodoxy

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In an address delivered today before the Religion Newswriters Association, Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Denver commended America's journalists of religion and challenged them to approach their important work with integrity, fairness, and humility.
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Killing the Extremist Idea that Threatens America: Counter Fear with Freedom

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We must oppose violent extremists in part by promoting freedom of religion, both at home and abroad. Part two of two.
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Distracted by the Mosque

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The controversy over the so-called “Ground Zero mosque” cannot be understood apart from the history of other communities and their struggles to overcome religious intolerance. And no one should exploit such fears for quick partisan gain.
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The Moral Impossibility of Ignoring Fanatics

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A review of The German Mujahid by Boualem Sansal.
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Obama’s Illegal Stem-Cell Policy

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Obama’s stem-cell policy is not only contrary to sound reason and good science, it violates the law.
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A Marriage Tail

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Re-examining the essential characteristics of marriage.
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Giving Judges the Boot

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Attempts to promote judicial restraint have failed to rein in a judiciary run amok. Is it time to consider more drastic measures?
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Same-Sex Marriage and the Assault on Moral Reasoning

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Even same-sex marriage advocates should recognize the bad logic in the ruling overturning Proposition 8.
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The Abiding Significance of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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Americans must still wrestle with what it means to take the lives of innocent civilians intentionally.
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The Gold Standard: A Principled Case

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In charting our future monetary policies, we should remember the trade-offs of competing alternatives.
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How the New Health Care Law Endangers Conscience

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The new health care law has endangered longstanding protections on conscience. We must act to address them or risk creating a dangerous precedent.
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Fatal Attraction: Democracy and the Welfare State

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Expansive and expensive welfare programs have brought European social democracies to the verge of catastrophe. Now the dynamics of democracy may be an impediment to economic reform.
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The Gulf Oil Spill and Eco-nomics

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Are market economies friends or foes of the environment?
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Politics and Principle

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The recent actions of New Jersey governor Chris Christie have stirred up a political storm, but they are a reminder of the principles that underlie our politics.
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The Dangerous Vacuity of Our Public Discourse

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Our failure to engage in substantive political debate can tempt us to write our opponents out of the political community.
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On Markets and Morals: The SEC, Apple, and Internet Pornography

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The recent SEC scandal reminds us of the prevalence of pornography. Steve Jobs’ decision to ban pornography on the iPhone might provide a way forward.
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Health Care and the Abandonment of Pro-Life Principle

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In a first-time feature, the editors of Public Discourse respond to the editors of Commonweal.
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The Way of Wendell Berry

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Americans know how to talk of progress in terms of consumer goods, individual liberties, and power over nature, but have no use for the language of communal health and the idea of discipline. Wendell Berry provides a way forward.
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The Social Costs of Pornography

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Last week at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., the Witherspoon Institute reported a set of scholarly findings and recommendations on the social costs of pornography.
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