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Finding the strike zone

Finding the strike zone

Cover Story | As a new season begins, two upfront evangelical pitchers talk baseball and life

In this issue: "Agony and ecstasy," April 7, 2012

Features

The trades alternative
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The trades alternative

Education |  Parents are reluctant to hear it, but college may no longer offer the best path of opportunity for a great many young people

Beyond the B.A.
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Beyond the B.A.

Education |  'Snob Speech' made space for national conversation about education, jobs, and vocation

Law and orders
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Law and orders

Immigration |  Alabama church leaders say the state's tough new immigration law is hostile to all Hispanics and creates obstacles to ministry

Viral crusaders
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Viral crusaders

Uganda |  Ugandans question Kony 2012 video for opening old wounds and soliciting too little help too late

Sudden impact
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Sudden impact

Culture |  Becoming a focal point of the culture war was not Kirk Cameron's goal, but he says he's willing to suffer professionally for the sake of biblical truth

Dispatches

Fifth-inning stretch
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Fifth-inning stretch

Campaign 2012 |  Money is tight and the delegate math is challenging, but Rick Santorum insists he's staying in the GOP race

Looking Ahead
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Looking Ahead

Moonbuggy races Students from around the world will gather in Huntsville, Ala., to compete in NASA's Great Moonbuggy Race on April 1. The 84 teams of…

A Tea Party flip flops
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A Tea Party flip flops

Campaign 2012 |  and more news briefs

Countering terrorism
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Countering terrorism

Muslims in Yemen demonstrate against killing of American teacher

Faith-based farce
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Faith-based farce

Office meant to strengthen religious charities, says its former director, has become 'a political outreach shop' under Obama

Class warfare
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Class warfare

New White House rules for exemption to contraceptive mandate propose dividing religious groups

Energy shutdown
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Energy shutdown

State supreme court halts 'clean energy' power plant

'A hard country'
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'A hard country'

Evangelicalism is, slowly, on the rise in Spain

Human Race
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Human Race

Retiring Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, 61, announced he is retiring at the end of the year. Williams, who has served as the spiritual head of the…

Quotables
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Quotables

"We're trying to make the decision to attack as hard as possible for Israel." Unnamed Obama administration official, telling The Washington Post about U.S.

Quick Takes
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Quick Takes

Rising Tide The thieves may be hardened, but at least their clothes are clean and fresh. Law enforcement officials across the nation are befuddled by a recent…

Reviews

Conscience killer?
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Conscience killer?

Movies |  The Hunger Games is a compelling story that can sensitize or desensitize teens to darkness

Monumental
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Monumental

Documentary |  Kirk Cameron's documentary traces the footsteps of the pilgrims

Blue Like Jazz
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Blue Like Jazz

Movies |  The film resembles the book closely enough to be satisfying to the devotee

Box Office Top 10
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Box Office Top 10

Movies |  For the weekend of March 16-18, according to Box Office Mojo

Apocalypse when?
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Apocalypse when?

Books |  Sticking to our callings rather than heading for the hills

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Notable Books

Notable Books |  Four Christian nonfiction books

Miracles of reconciliation
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Miracles of reconciliation

Q&A |  Witnessing 'radical forgiveness' in Rwanda taught filmmaker Laura Waters Hinson to forgive

New York's state of mind
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New York's state of mind

Music |  Aural and philosophic chaos reign in the latest Pazz & Jop music poll

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Notable CDs

Notable CDs |  Five new or recent pop-rock CDs

Notebook

Petition politics
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Petition politics

Lifestyle |  How Change.org uses social media to push its agenda

Senior moments
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Senior moments

Technology |  A London startup taps the skills and knowledge of retireees for younger generations

Gut check
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Gut check

Science |  Researchers say a cleaner environment may be making children more prone to asthma

Roman Catholic chapel
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Roman Catholic chapel

Houses of God |  Near Puracute, Peru

Bad influences
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Bad influences

Business |  Changes in investment banking have created strong temptations to sin

Hanging on
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Hanging on

Sports |  Star athletes may have a good reason for not exiting the game gracefully

Correction predictions
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Correction predictions

Money |  Some analysts say a temporary slide in stock prices on March 6 is a harbinger of things to come

TBN again
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TBN again

Religion |  Pair of lawsuits allege crimes, cover-ups, sexual impropriety, and lavish spending

Voices

Chasing down truth
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Chasing down truth

There is such a thing as reality, but finding it and reporting it are not easy

Into the depths of the sea
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Into the depths of the sea

God's forgiveness includes remembering an ocean of blood and its high cost

Losing Afghanistan
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Losing Afghanistan

When the only strategy is the exit strategy, chaos and distrust mount

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Mailbag

Letters from our readers

The gardener
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The gardener

Garden amid the thorns while joyfully embracing your new identity in Christ

Tax time humor
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Tax time humor

Poking fun at editors like me

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