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  • Was John Wayne’s Masculine Image a Lie?

    Was John Wayne’s Masculine Image a Lie?0

    There is perhaps no manlier icon in Hollywood history than John Wayne. More than 40 years after his last film, he remains the cinematic apotheosis of the rugged, principled, red-blooded, tough-as-nails, frontier-conquering, patriotic American male. Not even Steve McQueen or Clint Eastwood can measure up to The Duke. But was Wayne’s masculine image a sham,

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  • Was Jesus a Socialist? A Conversation With Theologian David Bentley Hart and Economist Jerry Bowyer

    Was Jesus a Socialist? A Conversation With Theologian David Bentley Hart and Economist Jerry Bowyer0

    Was Jesus a socialist? Was he revolting against wealth and money itself? Or was he actually challenging people who use the violence of the state to prosper? I have my own working framework for how to apply Jesus’s role model in politics and economics. Nevertheless, I recently spoke with fellow-travelers theologian David Bentley Hart (below)

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  • Was Hungary Right to Build a Wall?

    Was Hungary Right to Build a Wall?0

    As the world watches the continuing migrant crisis in Europe, Hungary has quietly gone rogue by building a massive fence to keep people out of its country. The question is, did Hungary actually get it right? The Atlantic reported on October 16, 2015: Hungary will close its border with Croatia at midnight in an attempt

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  • Was Darwin Wrong?

    Was Darwin Wrong?0

    Christopher Booker is a contrarian English journalist who writes extensively on science-related issues. He has produced possibly the best available critical review of the anthropogenic global warming hypothesis. He has cast justifiable doubt on the alleged ill effects of low-level pollutants like airborne asbestos and second-hand tobacco smoke. Booker has also lobbed a few hand-grenades at Darwin’s

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  • Was C.S. Lewis a Libertarian?

    Was C.S. Lewis a Libertarian?0

    Most of us are familiar with C. S. Lewis and his enduringly popular Chronicles of Narnia, his Space Trilogy, his various works of Christian apologetics such as Mere Christianity, and his natural law classic, The Abolition of Man. But only a small fraction of Lewis’ readers are aware that Lewis, for all his personal distaste

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  • Was Brexit Sparked by Rapes?

    Was Brexit Sparked by Rapes?0

    Politicians and pundits are still scrambling to understand and explain the reasons behind Britain’s stunning exit from the European Union.   My first thought was the debt crisis in Greece had a lot to do with it. But other explanations emerged that sounded more plausible. Wages in the UK, for example, experienced a drubbing with

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