A note from the editor.
Author: Ryan T. Anderson (Ryan T. Anderson)
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The Supreme Court, You and Me, and the Future of Marriage
What happened yesterday at the courthouse matters, and we must keep up our witness to the truth about marriage, by word and deed, until it is safely beyond judicial overreach.
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Truth, Responsibility, and Love
The Regent University 2013 Commencement Address, delivered May 4, 2013.
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We Don’t Need to Redefine Marriage to Fix Policy Problems
Good public policy can meet the needs of all Americans without redefining marriage.
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On the 40th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade: A Public Discourse Symposium
Witness to the truth matters for its own sake, but persistent, winsome witness also tends to bear good fruit, even if it takes 40 years and counting.
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Can the President Have a Marriage Agenda Without Talking About What Marriage Is?
How successful can a “new conversation on marriage” be when its leaders can’t even say what marriage is?
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The Bishops and the Mandate: Principled Witness vs. Politics as Usual
The controversy over the HHS mandate is not a spat about wonkish detail or tribal privilege. It remains a struggle for the principle of religious freedom, the soul of civil society.
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Coming Apart, and Back Together?
Charles Murray argues we’ve come apart, but can therapeutic Deism and the sexual revolution put us back together?
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Conservative Poverty Fighting
Neither liberal nor libertarian, a principled conservative way of helping the poor.
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Conservatives and Social Justice
Conservatives shouldn’t ignore or attack social justice, but must articulate sound principles of social justice.
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Human Development and Human Flourishing: Creating Capabilities Isn’t Enough
Rawlsian “public reason” approaches to human capabilities are insufficient bases for social justice.
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Liberty, Justice, and the Common Good: Political Principles for 2012 and Beyond
Introducing a Public Discourse symposium on the 2012 election.
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Dismal Science Redeemed: Where to Go from Here
How and why considering distribution will yield a complete economic science. The second in a two-part series.
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Dismal Science Redeemed: What’s Gone Wrong
A new book challenges us to rediscover the missing element of our economic science. The first in a two-part series.
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Does Marriage, or Anything, Have Essential Properties?
A reply to Northwestern Law Professor Andrew Koppelman's second critique of "What is Marriage?"
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Marriage: No Avoiding the Central Question
A reply to NYU Law Professor Kenji Yoshino’s second critique of “What is Marriage?”
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Marriage: Merely a Social Construct?
A response to Northwestern Law Professor Andrew Koppelman.
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The Argument Against Gay Marriage: And Why it Doesn’t Fail
A response to NYU Law Professor Kenji Yoshino.
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Obama’s Illegal Stem-Cell Policy
Obama’s stem-cell policy is not only contrary to sound reason and good science, it violates the law.
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Robert P. George on the Struggle Over Marriage
Recently, the editor of Public Discourse sat down with Robert P. George to discuss the state of the marriage debate. While supporters of same-sex “marriage” claim that history is on their side, it turns out that supporters of traditional marriage have more reasons for hope than they may realize.
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A Real Compromise on the Same-Sex Marriage Debate: An Invitation to Rauch and Blankenhorn
A recent compromise on the same-sex ‘marriage’ debate granted too much to revisionists and too little to traditionalists. A better compromise will respect the societal importance of marriage while also providing for the real needs of domestic partners.