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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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Just the Facts, Ma’am

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When a woman claims to be a man, should the university and the press play along?
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Arranged: Happily Wholesome in a Brooklyn World

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A recent film follows two women whose shared values offer an unexpected opportunity for friendship.
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Is Originalism Dead?

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In his latest book, law professor David A. Strauss attacks the idea of originalism and champions the “living Constitution.” Matt Franck explains why he’s wrong.
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Tea Party Metaphysics: Where Do We Go From Here?

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Social conservatives must understand and embrace America’s traditional economic culture before they can contribute to its renewal. Economic conservatives must expel the infection of shallow anthropology, vulgar utilitarianism, and metaphysical blindness that they picked up from progressivism in the 20th century.
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Swastikas, Burning Crosses, and “God Hates Fags”

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It’s time for conservatives and liberals alike to remember that certain words by their very utterance inflict injury.
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Religion, Journalism, and the New American Orthodoxy

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In an address delivered today before the Religion Newswriters Association, Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Denver commended America's journalists of religion and challenged them to approach their important work with integrity, fairness, and humility.
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Conservative Folly on the High Court

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In a series of recent cases, the Supreme Court’s conservative justices have abandoned judicial restraint.
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Elena Kagan’s Living Constitution

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Kagan’s advocacy for a living constitution should kill her Supreme Court chances.
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Politics and Principle

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The recent actions of New Jersey governor Chris Christie have stirred up a political storm, but they are a reminder of the principles that underlie our politics.
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Morality, Rationality, and Natural Law

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We should prefer natural law thinking to utilitarianism -- here's why.
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How Red States Reduce the Abortion Rate: A Response to Andrew Koppelman

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Andrew Koppelman’s claim that red states and the religious right increase abortions doesn’t stand up to scrutiny.
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How Jihadist Education Breeds Violence

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The nature of children’s education matters to jihadists. It should matter to us, too.
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Putting Ethics Back Together Again: A British Perspective

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Much of our moral confusion comes from our failure to find a replacement for the Judaeo-Christian outlook that once animated the West. We need, and generally now lack, a philosophical understanding of human life.
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Corporations and the University

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Robert C. Koons replies to a letter concerning his recent article, "What Will Replace Behemoth State University?"
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What Will Replace Behemoth State University?

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New technological developments and pressing national needs suggest that the future of higher education may be one friendlier to the classical tradition of liberal education.
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Are There Harms of Home Schooling?

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Critics of home-schooling need to be tutored about the nature of education and the family.
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Economic Liberalism and its Discontents

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If we are to restore confidence in free markets, we need a robust explanation of their moral value.
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Postmodern Pythagoras

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Can the divide between the Liberal Arts and the Sciences be bridged by beauty?
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Faith Makes Us Live: Surviving and Thriving in the Haitian Diaspora

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Religious freedom is a universal human right. The plight of Haitian immigrants shows that religion can also be a vitally important means of integrating some of society’s most vulnerable members.
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Rethinking Economics in the Post-Crisis World

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In the wake of the financial crisis, we need an economics with greater humility about its predictive power and an increased understanding of the complicated human beings who, when the discipline is rightly understood, lie at its center.
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Making Men Moral

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Earlier this year scholars gathered at Union University for a conference considering the work of Robert P. George in his 1994 book Making Men Moral: Civil Liberties and Public Morality. One theme of the conference was how religion and reason can help us understand and promote the common good.
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Constitutional Disorder in the Era of Judicial Supremacy: The Founders’ Understanding of the Court

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Judicial supremacy is inimical to the separation of powers, to republicanism, and even to constitutionalism and the rule of law. The upcoming confirmation hearings for Sonia Sotomayor should force citizens to reconsider the place of the Court in our political life. The first in a two-part series.
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Robert P. George on the Struggle Over Marriage

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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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