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Meanwhile, Outside the Panic Room: Contraception, Hobby Lobby, and Women’s Rights

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Contra Justice Ginsburg, the Hobby Lobby decision is no cause for alarm. Yet we should acknowledge and address a fear she highlights: the serious obstacles women face today in the realms of sex, marriage, and parenthood.
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Church, State, and Human Trafficking

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For the common good, we must remember the ways in which church and state can mutually benefit each other—and watch for the ways in which the state threatens that relationship.
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A Perpetual Haven: Why the Religious Freedom Restoration Act Matters

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Respect for religious conscience is not an afterthought or luxury, but the very essence of the American political and social compact. Adapted from testimony presented before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
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A Tale of Two Trials: Karamazov and Zimmerman

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Trials are not the place for working out our social grievances and anxieties.
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Of Astrophysics and Atheism: Wherefore Religion in the Space Age?

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A future without religion will be a future diminished, for faith—but only a certain kind of faith—is absolutely necessary in the space age.
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How the United States Government Lost Its Liberalism

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Through executive orders and judicial overreach, American government has eroded the separation of powers and lost its commitment to liberal ideals. The second in a two-part series.
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Science and the Embryo

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Senator Rubio was on solid ground in saying science has settled the question of when a human being's life begins. Science does not need to wait on philosophy’s pronouncements to investigate what the human embryo is and when its life begins.
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Western Land Policy and Natural Property Rights

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The principles of natural law and the right to property could help overcome the dysfunction that has paralyzed land management in the western US.
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Marriage, Marketing, and Intimidation: “It is up to you, fearless reader, to act.”

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Proponents of same-sex marriage haven’t won in the arena of ideas—they have won through manipulation and intimidation. Those who oppose them must speak up.
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Religious Liberty and Economic Freedom: Intellectual and Practical Paradoxes

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The role of economic liberty in contributing to human flourishing and the common good remains deeply underappreciated, even by those who are dedicated to religious liberty.
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A Fight Worth Having: Classical Liberalism vs. Authoritarian Progressivism

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What threatens human flourishing today are governments inspired by authoritarian progressivism.
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Fusionism As Foundation

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Fusionism is not merely a form of coalition building. It provides a common language for the broader conservative movement and a positive vision for the future of the country.
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Unintelligibility: The Starting Point for Discussing the Science-Humanities Relationship

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Paradoxically, to speak intelligibly about the matters that concern them, contemporary intellectuals must appreciate the unintelligibility of the world in which those matters take place.
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Abortion, Slavery, and Constitutional Meaning

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Abolitionism provides the example for how to fight for a cause: underscore the humanity of those whose humanity is denied, provide compassionate care for those affected, name the lies that dehumanize and kill, and tirelessly argue for the truth about “who counts.”
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Who is Ayaan Hirsi Ali?

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Ayaan Hirsi Ali, who has based her conclusions on her own and other Muslim women’s experiences of trauma and torture, forces us to confront uncomfortable facts. Brandeis’s treatment of Ali represents a troubling trend that limits freedom of speech on college and university campuses.
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“Be Fruitful and Multiply”: The Imperative of Creativity in Art and Religion

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Painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s vision of creativity reflects the theological concept that man is made in the image of God.
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Just Money

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If a society regards governmental manipulation of money as the antidote to economic challenges, a type of poison will work its way through the body politic, undermining justice and the common good.
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An Anxious Author: Hope and the Spirit of Joseph Bottum

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Why bother with American culture? Bottum recommends despair.
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Declaration Man: How Justice Clarence Thomas Earned His Enemies

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For Justice Clarence Thomas, the foundation of all our law lies in the self-evident truths of the Declaration of Independence, beginning with human equality.
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Lady Edith and Abortion Rights

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For many women, the social, practical, and personal reasons for having an abortion simply trump the life of their child.
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What’s at Stake at the Bakery: How Property Rights Got Sexy

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State lawmakers should make it clear that religious and moral reasons are rational and legitimate, and that property owners may act or refrain from action in obedience to conscience.
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Nameless Beauty: Conservatism’s Architecture Problem

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The enduring values in which conservatives believe—beauty among them—are more multifaceted and surprising than we sometimes give them credit for. Beauty does not always follow rules, and it is often found in unexpected places and patterns.
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Time for a Return of Fusionism

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Conservatives and libertarians must rediscover the things that bind them together. A return to Frank Meyer’s philosophy of “fusionism” could provide a roadmap to unity.
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Community, Contemplation, and Computers: The Role of Technology in Education

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In order to lead students to wisdom, schools must be prepared to integrate technology in the classroom with moderation when it helps to facilitate real, authentic engagement, and they must be willing to set it aside when it pulls students away from such engagement.
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