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"The Purge" September 12, 2009, Vol. 24, No. 18
Losing a beachhead
COVER STORY | By Marvin Olasky
Back to School | Rob Koons, a University of Texas at Austin philosophy professor and a Christian, poured six years into development of a UT Program in Western Civilization and American Institutions. Then administrators yanked it away from him More >>
 Features
Guarding the sheep
Mark Bergin
Religion | Ten years after a Texas massacre, some churches are looking for safety
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Afghan apathy
Mindy Belz
Afghanistan | Preliminary election results show electorate that wants a break with past
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After the halls
Edward Lee Pitts
Congress | August was the month of citizen protest
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Capital workhorse
Jamie Dean
Politics | Sen. Edward M. Kennedy dies at age 77
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Creative behind bars
Susan Olasky
Lifestyle/Technology | Maine program shows what prison industries can do
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Group giving
Warren Cole Smith
Charity | The Barnabas Group emphasizes community as key to successful investment
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High cost
Timothy Lamer
Politics | New deficit numbers may provide a check on Obama spending
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Houses of God
The Editors
How shall we educate?
Amy Henry
Back to School | Last month was decision time for parents throughout the United States
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Human Race
The Editors
Looking ahead
The Editors
News to watch in the weeks to come
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Lutheran leap
Alisa Harris
Religion | ELCA leadership agrees to allow practicing homosexual clergy
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Mystery tour
Marvin Olasky
Q&A | Jeffrey Satinover’s belief in truths led to appreciation for Christianity
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Mysticism for kids
Lynn Vincent
Back to School | Religion is making its way into the public schools—in different forms
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Nonstop flu season
Daniel James Devine
Back to School | Swine flu's summer deaths have schools taking fall precautions
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Numbers crunch
Alisa Harris
Back to School | Rise of charter schools plus attacks on voucher programs equals difficulty
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Playing favorites?
Emily Belz
Back to School | A controversial Islamic school receives approval for expansion
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Social insecurity
Alisa Harris
Back to School | Confessions of a homeschool pioneer
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Dispatches
The Buzz
The Editors
Need-to-know news
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Quick Takes
The Editors
Oddball occurrences
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Quotables
The Editors
Memorable things they said
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Reviews
District 9
Megan Basham
Movies | District 9 succeeds as metaphor more than as smash-em-up action film
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Inglourious Basterds
Sam Thielman
Movies | Jews take on Nazis in ultraviolent revenge fantasy
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Keeping it scripted
Megan Basham
Television | Cable has become a home for high-quality dramedies
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Mixed messages
Arsenio Orteza
Music | New albums reveal much about two top Christian musicians
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Plotz to Podhoretz
Marvin Olasky
Books | Two new books say much about contemporary American Judaism
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Ponyo
Sam Thielman
Movies | Gorgeous animation, wonderful characters highlight Ponyo
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Shorts
Toddy Burton
Movies | Film has colorful flourishes but wastes its talented cast
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Notable CDs
The Dead Weather
Five new or recent pop-music releases reviewed by Arsenio Orteza
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Notable books
Steven R. Covey
Four books on education reviewed by Susan Olasky
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Notebook
Parallel passers
Mark Bergin
Sports | Return of Vick and Favre benefits the NFL's bottom line
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Voices
Rest stop reminder
Joel Belz
Why, against all evidence, are we giving so much power to government?
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Unquenchable optimism
Andrée Seu
Looking for examples of authenticity? Go to the Bible
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Privileges all
Mindy Belz
A healthy understanding of who owes what may help shape public debate
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Sustainability
Janie B. Cheaney
New movement aims to take campus radicalism beyond the classroom
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Mailbag
The Editors
Letters from our readers
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Don’t head for hills
Marvin Olasky
Doomsday predictions abound but there’s work to be done
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