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** The Return of Strong Religion ([link removed])
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** R. R. Reno
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There is no appetite for easy or permissive religion. The young want conviction. More ([link removed])


** It’s Time to Defund Planned Parenthood ([link removed])
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** John Mize and Jeffrey Barrows
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Planned Parenthood receives massive government funding but fails to provide quality medical services. More ([link removed])


** The Pitfalls of Making America “Hot” Again ([link removed])
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** Virginia Aabram
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The conservative coalition can do better than to prop up “hotness” as a cardinal virtue. More ([link removed])

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** Lessons from Declining Protestant Churches ([link removed])
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** Carl R. Trueman
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Prioritizing church agencies over local ministry is an enduring problem. More ([link removed])

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** My Family and Other Gnostics ([link removed])
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** John Byron Kuhner
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Gerald Durrell’s sunny memoir My Family and Other Animals glosses over the family’s dysfunction. More ([link removed])

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** Wisconsin Against Religious Charity ([link removed])
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** Jack Fitzhenry
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The state determined that Catholic Charities serves no “religious purpose.” More ([link removed])

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** The Many Faces of Capitalism ([link removed])
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** Peter J. Leithart
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From Adam Smith to Louis Blanc, there’s a complex history to the word capitalism. More ([link removed])

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