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    • 27 Ratings
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    Rick Santorum and the Closing of the Conservative Mind

    FEBRUARY 29, 2012 3:09PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: liberalism, dennis prager, anti-intellectualism, richard hofstadter, christian right, lawrence welk, godliness, morality, liberal arts, good, evil, republican party, ayn rand, atlas shrugged, nazis, national review, william f. buckley, l. brent bozell, barry goldwater, freedom, virtue, francisco franco, fascism, liberal bias, truth

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 1186 Views
    • 22 Comments
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    Secular Prayers

    MAY 8, 2011 12:16AM

    By takingadvice


    Topics: open call, mortifying disclosures, religion, politics, school, education, separation of church and state, prayer, morality

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 1325 Views
    • 28 Comments
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    Libya, Leadership and Lives

    MARCH 25, 2011 7:21AM

    By Allan Goldstein


    Topics: politics, morality, muammar gaddafi, nato, american military, barack obama, libya

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 1699 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Expulsion, abandonment not the solution for teen pregnancy

    MARCH 24, 2011 1:29PM

    By Cathy Wilson


    Topics: teen pregnancy, pregnancy, pregnancy prevention, unplanned pregnancy, education, the washington post, explusion, welfare, sex education, sex, abstinence, abstinence-only education, comprehensive sex education, contraception, guttmacher institute, punishment, morality, education, fathers

    • Editor's Pick
    • 22 Ratings
    • 1128 Views
    • 31 Comments
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    who owns my brain?

    MARCH 8, 2011 11:14AM

    By Greg Correll


    Topics: empiricism, belief, morality, sockdolager, brains, science, sam harris, the moral landscape

    • Editor's Pick
    • 33 Ratings
    • 2272 Views
    • 62 Comments
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    Should the Gay Guy Strike Back?

    JANUARY 14, 2011 3:17PM

    By Kevin Broccoli


    Topics: homophobia, personal history, life stories, gay issues, vigilante, morality

    • Editor's Pick
    • 24 Ratings
    • 10351 Views
    • 56 Comments
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    Aisha and Humanity

    OCTOBER 26, 2010 6:14AM

    By Kemstone


    Topics: aisha, american interventionism, culture, honor killings, islam, morality, politics, philosophy, relativism, religion

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 3674 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    Catholic Scoreboard: Nuns and Laity 2, Bishops 0

    MARCH 21, 2010 6:54PM

    By Mary Ann Sorrentino


    Topics: vatican, morality, extremists, republicans, democrats, stupak, obama, bishops, catholics, health care, abortion

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 2097 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    Bart Stupak Rides Again

    MARCH 5, 2010 9:11AM

    By Heather Michon


    Topics: human rights, morality, #hrc, health care reform, abortion, bart stupak

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    • 24 Ratings
    • 6890 Views
    • 45 Comments
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    Republicans Don't Just Happen, They're Born That Way

    FEBRUARY 3, 2010 12:19PM

    By Scott Christian


    Topics: psychology, jonathan haidt, bipartisan, cable news, fox news, religion, morality, democrats, republicans, culture, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 30 Ratings
    • 1999 Views
    • 26 Comments
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    Not Just Another Day in Richmond

    OCTOBER 29, 2009 10:29PM

    By moveovermommy


    Topics: family, television, moral compass, morality, criminals, current events, dependency, foster care, juveniles, richmond city, hate crime, mob mentality, bystanders, investigation, police, violence, gang bang, crime, gang rape

    • Editor's Pick
    • 19 Ratings
    • 4229 Views
    • 29 Comments
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    So Breast is Beast?

    OCTOBER 21, 2009 11:17AM

    By Heather Michon


    Topics: breastfeeding, morality, dr. amy, michelle crossly, feminism, autoethnography

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 6709 Views
    • 25 Comments
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    "Two Mommies,"an egg and a sperm,am I a prude or just queasy

    OCTOBER 26, 2009 1:04PM

    By Amelia Carolyn


    Topics: parenting, dan savage, prude, morality, gay, daddy's roommate, michael willhoite, child care, family, reproduction, egg, sperm, heather has two mommies, leslea newman, sarah palin, rev. robert jeffress, sex education, books, reading, camille paglia, children's books, artificial insemination, lesbians, sex, banned books

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 4634 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    When "Daddy's Roommate" isn't just a "roommate."

    OCTOBER 6, 2009 9:26PM

    By Amelia Carolyn


    Topics: american library association, morality, culture war, 2008 presidential election, the huffington post, the nation, michael willhoite, sarah palin, fred phelps, children's book, parenting, gay parenting, gay culture, gay, banned books, banned books week, reading, books, homosexuality

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 1496 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    A Year of Reading Dangerously!

    SEPTEMBER 28, 2009 12:53PM

    By Amelia Carolyn


    Topics: books, reading, censorship, libraries, morality, curiousity, racism, sex, heresy, obscenity, indecent, vulgarity, history, children's books, novels, culture, julie powell, st. louis

    • Editor's Pick
    • 40 Ratings
    • 3286 Views
    • 55 Comments
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    Prosecuting Torture: How the Words of WB Yeats Can Help

    APRIL 25, 2009 2:19PM

    By Lea Lane


    Topics: politics, morality, pundits, cable shows, rumsfeld, bush, cheney, obama, torture, poetry, william butler yeats

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 6439 Views
    • 32 Comments
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    The Pro-Abortion vs. Pro-Choice Debate and The Double Effect

    NOVEMBER 19, 2008 4:38PM

    By Chris B


    Topics: abortion, prolife, prochoice, ethics, morality, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 698 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    The Realignment of Conservative Religion

    JUNE 25, 2008 9:30PM

    By mishima666


    Topics: morality, religion, christianity

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 548 Views
    • 22 Comments
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    Obama, Dobson, and "Fruitcake" Interpretations (Updated)

    JUNE 26, 2008 9:51AM

    By Chris B


    Topics: politics, belief and religion, morality

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