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Conservatives and the Non-Triumph of Capitalism

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Conservatives need to stop shying away from principled, as opposed to merely utilitarian, defenses of economic freedom and its associated institutions.
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Why Congress Should Support a New Eisenhower Memorial

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The proposed design for the Eisenhower Memorial should be rejected for one that accords with our capital’s classical tradition of architecture and with the nature of monuments themselves—to make a simple, clear statement easily accessible to the public. Adapted from testimony given before the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands of the House Committee on Natural Resources.
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The Feminist, Pro-Father, and Pro-Child Case against No-Fault Divorce

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No-fault divorce hurts women, men, and children. So why is it still legal?
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The End of Meaningless Sex

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Donna Freitas’s new book on the hookup culture rightly encourages students to see its harms, but fails to give them moral reasons for opting out of it.
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Proposition 8 and Discrimination: Marriage on Trial at the Supreme Court

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Proposition 8 does not, contrary to Judge Vaughan Walker’s claims, treat equals unequally.
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Terrorism Triangle in Boston

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Complex rather than single causality is the norm, not the exception, for terrorism.
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Same-Sex Marriage Fever: Prohibition Parallels

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Media voices and progressive activists for same-sex marriage are appealing to judicial fiat because they know they won’t always have public opinion on their side.
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Abortion After Tiller

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A new documentary on late-term abortion providers shows us that the abortion debate is much more about why life is valuable than about when human life begins.
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Memo to Lady Gaga: “Born This Way” Doesn’t Mean “Act This Way”

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It remains unclear whether sexual orientation is genetically determined. Even if it is, that doesn’t justify advocacy for same-sex marriage.
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“Good Thing I’m Not a History Major”

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Until higher education throws out the text books and replaces them with primary sources, and professors begin talking with their students instead of to their students, our graduates will remain content to gain no other knowledge than what is required for their major.
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If Knot Now, When? The Impact of Delayed Marriage Among Twenty-somethings

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Young adults desire stable marriage and family life even while they engage in unmarried sex and parenting. We should encourage and help young adults achieve these goals instead of trying to make birth control “sexy.”
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Cats and Dogs and Marriage Laws

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When we define our terms based on the results we want, rather than on the reality of the thing being defined, all hell breaks loose.
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Marriage, Religious Liberty, and the Ban Myth

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It’s a myth that marriage law “bans” same-sex relationships because it treats marriage as the union of a man and a woman.
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Why U.N. Feminists Should Want to Partner with the Holy See

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Both sociological evidence and the teachings of Christianity show that religion is a powerful ally for promoting the equality and dignity of women. Adapted from remarks delivered at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.
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Property from the Inside

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While the state has a role to play in promoting the common good, left unchecked by constitutional strictures the regulatory state will crowd private property out of public life. Without private property, our nation would be impoverished not only materially but also morally. The second in a two-part series.
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Property and the Regulatory State at the Supreme Court

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The Supreme Court’s conflicted rulings on whether the government must compensate property owners for burdening their rights and interests raises questions about the value of private property in American life. The first in a two-part series.
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We Don’t Need to Redefine Marriage to Fix Policy Problems

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Good public policy can meet the needs of all Americans without redefining marriage.
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The Supreme Court’s First Assault on Marriage

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The Supreme Court first put marriage on its track of decline forty-one years ago, when it ruled that states could not limit the sale of contraceptives to unmarried couples.
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Natural Law Liberalism Beyond Romanticism

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To reject the presence of natural law in documents of the Founding era is to embrace both cynicism and romanticism.
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Who Am I? The Building of Bionic Man

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The invention of Rex, a bionic man with artificially created organs, helps us see why it is impossible for any machine to be a human being.
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Why and How We Should Tackle the Sperm-Sale Industry

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With money as the biggest incentive for sperm donation, donors are set up to be absent fathers. Politicians, charitable organizations, academics, and donors themselves should counter the ills of sperm donation through law, journalism, and funding for anti-sperm donation advocacy. The second of a two-part series.
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Why Sperm Donation is Bad for Dads and Kids

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Commercialized sperm “donation” degrades and objectifies men, promotes a culture of irresponsible parenting, and hurts children conceived through donation. The first of a two-part series.
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The Wealth of Nations Depends on the Health of Families

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Family, church, and school are the three basic people-forming institutions, and it is no wonder that they produce the best results—including economic and political ones—when they cooperate.
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Forty Years Later: It’s Time for a New Feminism

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A feminism that promotes abortion as the key to women’s freedom does not help us flourish, preserve our dignity, or protect us from evils. We must support women so that the “choice” between life and abortion is no longer difficult because life is the natural choice.
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