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Britain Can Benefit from Benedict
By George Weigel
Posted: Tuesday, August 31, 2010
The seemingly endless stories of clerical sexual abuse and the mismanagement of these sins and crimes by Catholic bishops are not the only story to be told about the Church at the end of the first decade of the 21st century.
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In Defense of Israel's Legitimacy
By George Weigel
Posted: Wednesday, August 25, 2010
The "Friends of Israel" initiative is an effort to restore a measure of moral integrity to an international environment that is becoming increasingly toxic because of untruths and rank prejudices.
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Stem Cells, Life, and the Law
A federal court steps into the debate.
By Adam Keiper, Yuval Levin
Posted: Wednesday, August 25, 2010
On August 23, a federal judge ruled that the Obama administration's stem cell policy is in violation of a federal law prohibiting taxpayer funding of embryo-destructive research. The ruling puts in sharp relief the moral debate about embryo research, and the administration's dogged refusal to defend human life from exploitation and destruction.
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The Gathering Storm: Al Qaeda Active as Ever
By Rick Santorum
Edited by Benjamin Kafferlin
Posted: Friday, August 20, 2010
As America slowly removes herself from the predominantly Muslim and newly democratic country of Iraq, we can disagree on the wisdom of time lines; but the bigger issues is that, while the U.S. leaves a potential power vacuum, some Islamic radicals are all too willing to attempt to fill it with a global caliphate and are religiously motivated to do so. The West cannot afford to allow such a catastrophe.
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An Anniversary of Consequence
By George Weigel
Posted: Wednesday, August 18, 2010
The pro-life movement's most important legal victory since Roe v. Wade is jeopardized by Obamacare, and by the insouciance of some Catholics about the extension of the Hyde Amendment to future federal health care legislation.
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Hazardous Symbolism
By Peter Wehner
Posted: Tuesday, August 17, 2010
The call for some Republicans to change the 14th Amendment, which grants citizenship to anyone born in the United States, is bad on the merits and politically unwise.
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Obama, the Mosque, and Ground Zero
By Peter Wehner
Posted: Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Building the mosque run by Feisal Abdul Rauf near Ground Zero is a bad idea -- and President Obama himself has undermined the argument of those who say that doing so is a matter of high Constitutional principle.
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The Most Egregious Performance Ever by a Federal District Judge
By Edward Whelan
Posted: Monday, August 16, 2010
In light of the totality of Judge Walker's conduct in the anti-Proposition 8 lawsuit in California, it is doubtful that any federal district judge has ever committed more egregious and momentous acts of malfeasance in a case.
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The Gathering Storm: The Tragic Deaths of Aid Workers in Afghanistan
By Rick Santorum
Edited by Randall Brandt
Posted: Friday, August 13, 2010
Charges of proselytizing or religious advocacy should not be conceded as a legitimate reason to limit religious freedom or take the innocent life of someone of another faith. We may not like someone knocking on our door, but we don't shoot them, particularly when they are dedicated to helping us and our neighbors.
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In Bush v. Obama, Bush Wins in a Rout
By Peter Wehner
Posted: Thursday, August 12, 2010
Comparing the economic records and policies of Presidents Bush and Obama, Bush wins in a rout.
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