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Bristol Palin: “Abstinence is Not Realistic”
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Paul Raushenbush
 “The best option is abstinence, the teen said, but added that she didn’t think that was “realistic.” Bristol Palin dropped this bombshell in an interview with Fox News about teenage pregnancy.  I agree with her. Sexual abstinence as a teenage is the best option, especially if the end goal is avoiding pregnancy.  But abstinence also…
Faith Based Office by the Numbers
By
Paul Raushenbush
Our friends over at Faith in Public Life compiled this detailed list of 15 of the members of President Obama’s Faith Based Advisory Council. The representation break down goes like this: 3 represent secular organizations 1 religious lobbyist 4 women 1 out gay man 0 environmentalists 1 Jew 1 Muslim 13 Christians Supposedly the council will…
In Praise of Big (and Smart) Government
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Paul Raushenbush
President Obama got his stimulus package passed, Now the real work begins. The next months and years will be a new opportunity to prove the effectiveness of government to create jobs, keep people in their homes and make life better for the average American. The crisis that confronts us will require all of America’s moral…
God In a Box: Dissenting Thoughts On Obama’s Faith-Based Office
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Ed Kilgore
As it happens, I am a huge and consistent supporter of President Barack Obama and his agenda. I’ve spent a lot of time explaining and defending his approach to “bipartisanship,” which doesn’t have many friends, left or right, these days. And moreover, I was originally attracted to him as a presidential candidate in no small part because of…
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