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Or, Alasdair MacIntyre goes to synagogue

Superstar progressive Lutheran endorses ‘ethically-sourced porn’. No, really

The president convinced them to vote Republican without turning them into Republicans.

The administration’s policy seems sure to fail on its own terms, and it is also the wrong thing to do.

There are now up to 14 million people who are at risk of starvation by year’s end, and our government’s policy of unconditional support for the Saudis has helped bring that about.

Today will be another milestone in the Balkanization of America

How did our federalist system give way to today’s nationalized cable news-fueled smackdowns?

Democracy has a difficult time producing good governance, a problem our leaders aren’t willing to confront.

She made plenty of enemies as a San Fran pol, many of them on her own side.

Undeterred by the grisly murder, more than two dozen lobbying firms are still registered to represent the Kingdom.

To oppose ‘diversity’ is to be an enemy of progress, the people, and the future

The policy punishes Iranians for doing the right things and inflicts suffering on all of them because of the wrongdoing of a few.

Church, State, and the future of religion and the common good

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If the administration is trying to buy time for the coalition, it is time that millions and millions of starving Yemenis can’t afford to waste.

A heroic American killed in Afghanistan by one of the men he had come to help

Strangling an entire country’s economy is necessarily a hostile act against the civilian population, and there is no way that it couldn’t be.

Nine counterpoints to current protectionist arguments that you can take to the bank.

His presidency and the future of red-state America hang in the balance.

While employees at Google and Microsoft are wary of collaborating with the military, Amazon revels in it.

Through the character Iago, Shakespeare explored how depravity can be born from mere boredom.

While Pompeo and Mattis talk tough, the Saudis are readying for another offensive designed to starve civilians.

The Saudi coalition and its Western patrons created the famine conditions in Yemen and they own the consequences, and no amount of last-minute blame-shifting can change that.

Portland rag identifies Enemy Of The People, calls out Internet mob to punish her

Together with the knock-off “axis of evil” designation, Bolton’s embrace of Bolsonaro suggests the start of a return to the bad old days of the Cold War.

Towns once had full and vibrant lives throughout the day and night. Not so with modern suburbs.

CNN’s Don Lemon identifies the ‘biggest terror threat’ in America

There should be no doubt that Trump and his administration have nothing but contempt for the people of Iran, and their cruel policies are proof of that.

Reader: ‘Are my thoughts about the cultural and economic clashes coming from mass migration taboo?’

A worrying movement to discredit academic work based on the moral character of the scholar