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'This is a life'

by Candi Cushman

Cover Story | She looked put out," said emergency-room manager Teri Little, recalling the teenage girl who stood last Christmas eve in the corridors of Springhill Memorial Hospital in Mobile, Ala., with a small baby in her arms. "Like someone who has been standing too long in the cashier line with their arms full of groceries." "Can you offer me any medical information?" asked Ms. Little, as the girl handed her a tiny baby boy with his umbilical cord still attached. "No," she responded curtly. "Is that

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A new opportunity?

by Marvin Olasky

Cover Story | Imperial Rome had standard procedures for dealing with newborns unwanted by their parents. Many Roman cities had special "exposure walls" where infants could be left, exposed to the elements. Christians found the practice abhorrent. The Didache, apostolic moral teachings compiled at the end of the first century A.D., compared "the way of life and the way of death" and noted that "the difference between these two ways is great. Therefore, do not murder a child by abortion or kill a newborn

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Sanctioning cruelty or saving children?

by Lynn Vincent

Cover Story | The ancient Romans practiced "exposure," leaving their unwanted babies outside to die. Early Christians rescued many. Will history repeat itself?

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In this issue: "Dumpsters or hospitals?," June 24, 2000

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Subway censors, doctor kills

by Candi Cushman

National |  Pro-life group denied space; court convicts abortionist

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Reforming the church

by Les Sillars

National |  Four years after Cambridge, the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals soldiers on, but James Boice is very ill

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Taking God at His Word

by Edward E. Plowman

National |  The Southern Baptist Convention closes a liberal loophole in its statement of faith

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Starving artists

by Chris Stamper

National |  Hollywood battles the Internet, Microsoft battles a judge, and other technology news

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Selling out a heritage

by Cal Thomas

National |  AT&T becomes a top provider of pornography

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Liberal compassion

by Tim Graham

National |  Reporters don't take Al Gore to task when his Tennessee tenant calls him a slumlord

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Creation mythology

by Nancy R. Pearcey

National |  Defenders of Darwinism resort to suppressing data and teaching outright falsehoods

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Dispatches

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Quotables

The secretary stands naked on this issue. U.S. Sen. Frank Murkowski (R-Alaska), on Secretary of Energy Bill Richardson's accountability for the disappearance…

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The Buzz

by The Editors

U.S. government sends baseball star back to cuba, Castro forces him to quit Washed up at 24? It was a surprise to Andy Morales's fans but not to Cuba watchers…

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Reviews

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The Music

by The Editors

Culture |  The Top 5 rap/hip-hop albums for the week ending June 17, according to Billboard magazine

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Breaking the language barrier

by Gene Edward Veith

Culture |  Hollywood uses the ratings system to justify bad language on TV

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Video Rentals

by The Editors

Culture |  The top 5 videos in popularity as measured by rental receipts for the week ended June 4

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Voices

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Mailbag

Emotion no solution Thanks to Bob Jones for his article on the Million Mom March ("The tales of tears," May 27). He clearly presented the logical side of the…

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Smoke-filled rooms

by Marvin Olasky

Convention delegates should have room to maneuver

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If order trumps law

by Janie B. Cheaney

The difference between Japan and the United States

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Has life lost?

by Joel Belz

The trouble with putting all your eggs in one basket

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