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  • Do Gender Inclusion Policies Favor Girls?

    Do Gender Inclusion Policies Favor Girls?0

    The Girls in Science and Engineering (GISE) summer camp at the University of Michigan (UM) was created as an “exciting one-week, day program for girls who have completed the 7th or 8th grade,” as the top part of the graphic above explains. The annual program’s main sponsor is the University of Michigan’s Women in Science

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  • Do Evangelicals Care More About Trump Than Jesus?

    Do Evangelicals Care More About Trump Than Jesus?10

    Are Christians united more by politics than Jesus? In a recent Washington Post opinion article, author Shadi Hamid argues that a peculiar partnership has emerged between politics and religion: Those who profess to be Evangelicals largely support former President Donald Trump. In the article, Hamid asks, “How can people who prize moral rectitude and personal

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  • Do Communities Have Rights?

    Do Communities Have Rights?1

    In the classical liberal tradition, individuals have rights, but groups do not. As Thomas Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of Independence, men, not nations or cultures, are entitled to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” Yet today, some liberal thinkers are revisiting this stance to make powerful arguments about the rights of communities. One

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  • Do Christians Focus On Sexual Sin Too Much?

    Do Christians Focus On Sexual Sin Too Much?2

    • April 28, 2016

    The idea of sexual sin is deeply rooted in the Bible and Christian theology. I think few argue that adultery and fornication are, shall we say, strongly frowned upon in Scripture. We hear about it a lot, in churches, media, and daily conversations.   One could argue that a casual non-Christian observer could even be

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  • Do Christians and Muslims Worship the Same God?

    Do Christians and Muslims Worship the Same God?0

    It’s frequently said that Christians and Muslims worship the same God. One can even find this statement in official documents of various Christian churches and denominations. For instance, in the Second Vatican Council document Nostra Aetate, the Roman Catholic Church writes: “The Church regards with esteem also the Moslems. They adore the one God, living

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  • Do Children Really Need ‘More Rigorous’ Pre-Schools?

    Do Children Really Need ‘More Rigorous’ Pre-Schools?0

    My grandmother taught kindergarten. In the ‘40s, before her own baby boomer children arrived, she spent weekday mornings singing ABCs and writing 123s with neighborhood children in the living room of her small suburban home. Kindergarten back then was very different from today. For one, it was fun. For another, it was part-time and low-key.

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