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Does the Death Penalty Actually Save Lives?1
- Culture
- August 6, 2018
Four centuries ago, the Vatican condemned Galileo for saying that the Earth orbited the Sun, and forced him to recant. Many years later, the Church admitted it was wrong. One can only hope that the Vatican reverses itself more quickly regarding its misguided attack today on the death penalty. The death penalty saves the lives of
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Why Straw Bans Don’t Help the Environment and Needlessly Restrict Freedom 0
- Economics
- August 6, 2018
Of all the consumer products one might have expected to become a flashpoint for political controversy, the humble plastic drinking straw is an unlikely contender. Leap into the headlines it has, though, with communities like Seattle and San Francisco recently enacting bans on disposable straws. The city council of Santa Barbara, California, initially voted for a ban
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Sarah Jeong Proposed Banning the Atlantic Editor Who Exposed ‘The Hunting Ground’0
- Politics
- August 6, 2018
If you defend bad journalism and call for the banning of good journalists, you probably don’t belong in journalism. But Sarah Jeong did that and was rewarded for it. She has been hired by the New York Times to be a member of its editorial board, despite a long history of racist tweets calling white
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Divorce Lawyer: Schools Should Teach More About Marriage 0
- Culture
- August 6, 2018
There are all kinds of suggestions these days about what children should learn in school. Computer coding. Mindfulness. Social Justice. The list goes on. But according to a prominent UK divorce lawyer – who worked on several high-profile celebrity divorces, including the Prince of Wales – there’s one thing that many schools should be teaching,
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Was Jesus a Socialist? A Conversation With Theologian David Bentley Hart and Economist Jerry Bowyer 0
- Economics
- August 3, 2018
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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Can You Be Christian and Support the Death Penalty?0
- Politics
- August 3, 2018
Pope Francis has declared the death penalty “inadmissible.” This means that the death penalty should not be used in any circumstance. It also alters the Catholic Catechism, a compendium of Catholic doctrine, and is now binding on Roman Catholics throughout the world. But in spite of his definitive statement, Pope Francis’ act will probably only
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Does the Death Penalty Actually Save Lives?1