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Truth, Love, and Live Action

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The pro-life cause must be advanced by truth and by love, and it must be willing to engage in self-criticism when it fails to meet its own exacting standards.
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On Form and Flarf

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An appreciation for the naturalness of form can lead us back from the politicization of poetry.
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The Grounds of Our Judgments

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Wrapping up an exchange on judgment and morality.
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Commercialized Sex and Human Bondage

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The American sex trade—strip clubs, prostitution, and the booming pornography business—feeds on and fuels modern-day slavery.
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Sex Gone Wrong

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On the dualism of degrading desire.
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Repeal is Job #1

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Repealing health care is the next fight in the battle for life.
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Risk, Uncertainty, and Rule of Law

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An uncertain legal landscape puts future prosperity at risk.
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Reckoning with Roe v. Wade

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We are still reckoning with the legacy of Roe’s fraudulent jurisprudence.
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Marching on the Right Side of History

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Defenders of marriage should draw hope and courage from the pro-life movement’s success.
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The Pride of Silence

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Speaking out requires humility as well as courage.
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Scorpions: A Review of FDR’s Supreme Court Justices

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A new book by Noah Feldman explains how Roosevelt’s jurists came to power, and how their constitutional philosophies and disagreements shaped the court.
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The Lazy Slander of the Pro-Life Cause

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Do pro-lifers care about life after birth?
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Natural Law, Natural Rights, and American Constitutionalism

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Announcing the preview of a new online resource from the Witherspoon Institute
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Health, Safety, and Morals

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Whether the case involves pornography or genocide, there are times when authorities must intervene to protect human interests.
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Does Marriage, or Anything, Have Essential Properties?

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A reply to Northwestern Law Professor Andrew Koppelman's second critique of "What is Marriage?"
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The Fatal Position

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A new, supposedly objective book on the abortion debate relentlessly tips the scale against life.
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The Useless University

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The ancient tradition of pursuing knowledge for its own sake is slowly, quietly making a comeback.
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Incest and the Degradation of Our Vocabulary

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What’s wrong with a prominent professor’s incestuous relationship with his daughter.
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Designer Genes

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One scientist’s flawed argument for flawless humans.
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Marriage: No Avoiding the Central Question

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A reply to NYU Law Professor Kenji Yoshino’s second critique of “What is Marriage?”
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Marriage: Real Bodily Union

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A response to FamilyScholars Blogger Barry Deutsch.
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Marriage: Merely a Social Construct?

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A response to Northwestern Law Professor Andrew Koppelman.
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Christmas and Western Civilization

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Though Christmas is a religious holiday, secularists should appreciate its great contribution to Western Civilization: the lesson that all men are equal in their fundamental human dignity.
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Moral Principles and Human Happiness

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Moral principles should be derived from experience about what makes people happy, not from logic.
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