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Josh Radnor at the <i>Liberal Arts</i> premiere in New York last September.

A movie that’s one for the books

Movies | This week I’d like to step back from Washington scandals and abortion trials to give a salute to college graduates. While too many have received a substandard education that hands them a five- or six-figure debt…

The heart of the matter

The heart of the matter

Homosexuality |  Homosexuals and the rest of us sinners are who we are, and that is the problem

Mark Driscoll

How to lose an argument

Religion |  Mark Driscoll, megachurch pastor, conference speaker, author, husband and father, has added another facet to his job description: lightning rod. Wherever his…

Take the plunge and get married

Take the plunge and get married

Marriage |  At the end of days, our grandparents and great-grandparents will rise up and ask us, “How did things get so complicated?” For centuries, men and women…

Conversations with wisdom
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Conversations with wisdom

Faith & Inspiration |  Your parents can introduce you to her, but you must get to know her yourself

Derailing the international orphan train

Derailing the international orphan train

Adoption |  It was a beautiful story, illustrated with photos of African babies firmly folded into white, homeschooling families. Delivered from war-torn, poverty-cursed…

Alain de Botton

The kinder, gentler new new atheists

Religion |  I agree with President Obama: last week was “tough.” Every major story—the belated coverage of Kermit Gosnell’s charnel house, the Texas explosion,

The rest of the story
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The rest of the story

Faith & Inspiration |  The church faces another crisis, and another opportunity to rise to the occasion

Not allowing boys to be boys

Not allowing boys to be boys

Parenting |  When my little boy started first grade we faced a crisis. He had weathered kindergarten just fine. Back in those days, kindergarten was only three hours long…

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley

Putting food stamps on a diet

Government |  I used to take a neighbor to the grocery store occasionally to buy food. Since she was too poor to afford a car, I wasn’t surprised that she paid with food…

Cross purposes
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Cross purposes

Faith & Inspiration |  It’s easy to walk in pride and self-interest unless we match our footsteps to the Lord’s

A woman prays outside the Supreme Court.

It’s better outside the gay marriage camp

Marriage |  When I think about it, Holy Week was an appropriate time for the Supreme Court to be hearing cases that could decide the future of marriage in the United…

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