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Liberty, Authority, and the Good of Religion

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Religious liberty and religious authority are frequently seen in tension, but they need not conflict. In fact, a proper understanding of both shows that they are equally necessary for full human flourishing.
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A Real Compromise on the Same-Sex Marriage Debate: An Invitation to Rauch and Blankenhorn

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A recent compromise on the same-sex ‘marriage’ debate granted too much to revisionists and too little to traditionalists. A better compromise will respect the societal importance of marriage while also providing for the real needs of domestic partners.
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Sartre Debates an Islamist

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The play “Madah-Sartre,” both funny and poignant, provides a glimpse into the contradictions, logical impoverishment, and inhumanity of Islamist ideology, while also offering a dose of basic human decency to parties in a conflict which is more often characterized by violence than civil debate.
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Taking a New Look at Pornography

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Recent technological developments in the production and dissemination of pornography, coupled with recent scientific investigations on pornography’s impact, force all thoughtful citizens to reconsider the social costs of pornography.
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Pornography and the Courts

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The nomination of David Ogden reminds us of the problems caused by pornography, both at home and abroad.
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Pro-Life Secularists and the Future of Abortion Politics

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If opposition to abortion is not necessarily tied to a religious worldview, pro-life advocates may see victory in the culture wars.
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Hillary Clinton, Public Diplomacy, and the Middle East

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America’s public diplomacy should be focused on fostering ideas in our interest that matter in key foreign audiences, not just on pro-America image marketing.
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Islamists Killed Tahar Djaout: We Should Give Life to His Ideas

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The Algerian novel The Last Summer of Reason provides a powerful and strangely beautiful reminder of the danger of letting violent ideological fundamentalism fester. We would do well to heed this reminder now, not later.
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Risky Business: Keynes, Moral Hazard, and the Economic Crisis

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If governments do not take moral hazard seriously, their response to the present recession may sow the seeds of a future economic crisis.
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An Absolute Liberty of Conscience?

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Freedom of conscience is an important, though limited, right. In some cases a state may prevent someone from acting on her conscientious judgments. But in other cases—such as those in which a pro-life doctor is required to perform an abortion—the violation of conscience is intrinsically unjust.
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“Does Economic Liberty Merit a Public Defense?”

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Despite the financial crisis, markets deserve a spirited public defense that acknowledges both their virtues and limits.
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What We Should Do About Natural Embryo Loss

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While abortion opponents decry the deliberate destruction of human embryos, as many as half of all embryos are lost naturally. How should pro-life advocates address this problem?
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Social Conservatives Cannot Ignore Political Realities

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John Haldane has reminded social conservatives in America of important political and moral truths, but he overlooks the necessity of engaging in partisan politics with eyes wide open to political realities.
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A Rejuvenation of Conservative Principles

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When surveying the consequences of the recent election we should not think of the market as something disembodied from the rest of society. Its failure indicates a general failure of responsibility
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A Second Look at Syria

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Spend some time traveling in this “Axis of Evil” nation and you’ll meet many people who will challenge conventional wisdom. Understanding the mixed-bag of Syrian social, political, and cultural allegiances will be key for U.S. foreign policy.
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Letter to America on the Future of Social Conservatism

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What does the future hold for social conservatives in America? A British professor of philosophy writes to offer the advice of a friendly outsider: Don’t delude yourself into thinking the 2008 election was not a repudiation of the Bush administration, and keep in mind that aligning social conservatism too closely with either political party may prove fatal.
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Welfare Rights vs. Welfare States

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Welfare rights really do exist, and are usually best provided for by voluntary associations. Still, even if states aren’t always the best solution, they do have a role to play.
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The Reasons for Banning Abortion

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One need not be religious to oppose abortion. A simple look at what it does to new human life and what it has done to contemporary society is more than reason enough. New horrors loom on the horizon, but there is reason for hope.
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No More Bretton Woods

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While this weekend's conference threatens to repeat the failures of Bretton Woods, the work of economist Wilhelm Röpke may recommend a more successful approach.
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Reducing Abortions: Responding to Faulty Methodology and Presentation

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Michael New's criticism of a recent study has come in for criticism itself. He responds that the study suffers from methodological mistakes and faulty presentation.
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Abortion and Public Policy: A Response to Michael New

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The author of a recent abortion study answers Michael New's criticisms.
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From Wrongs Abounding, May Good yet More Abound

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Social Conservatives in America would do well to consider recent events in the U.K.
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A Letter to the Editor from Charles J. Chaput

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Archbishop Chaput writes to the editors of Public Discourse
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The Pro-Life Case Against Barack Obama . . . and Doug Kmiec

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The Obama apologists are at it again, this time attacking Archbishop Charles Chaput for speaking out against their candidate's pro-abortion views. But the latest salvo from Doug Kmiec is a tangled web of falsehoods and fallacies.
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