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AIDS, Pope Benedict XVI told reporters, “is a tragedy that cannot be overcome by money alone, and that cannot be overcome through the distribution of condoms, which even aggravates the problems.” It’s an interesting contrast with Rick Warren’s approach. The Saddleback website explains, “We can’t prevent many other diseases that plague mankind, but we know…

My modest proposal on gay marriage has elicited some fascinating reaction. (I suggested religious conservatives should endorse gay marriage if gays back an agenda to reduce the divorce rate) Religious conservatives have been uncharacteristically quiet. Crickets. Stay tuned. The reaction from gay marriage advocates has been varied. The majority said they would support the idea,…

Last year I visited the Hall of Presidents at Disney World, home of the walking, talking animatronic presidents. In the anteroom where they hold you before the show starts, they had paintings of all the important early presidents. There was Washington. Then John Adams, the second president. Then Thomas Jefferson, the third president, Then the…

Earlier this week I watched Irena’s Vow, a powerful play based on the true story of a Polish woman, Irena Gut, who hid a dozen Jews during the war, including six in the basement of a high-level German officer. A pious Catholic, Gut had seen a mother and baby murdered by the Nazis and made…

Afghanistan sentenced a journalist to 20 years in prison for posting an article about women and Islam. In Virginia, the crime for blasphemy: plunging a hot iron through the tongue of the offender. (For more: Founding Faith) Of course the difference is that Virginia tooks this approach in 1606 and Afghanistan is doing it right…

Again, I don’t mean to pick on poor Bristol but her breakup is one of those moments that catalyze important debates. In another post, I probed under what circumstances an unmarried, teen mother ought to consider putting a baby up for adoption. Here, I want to ask a different question: how hard should Bristol and…

We have growing numbers of unemployed journalsits. We have zillions of dollars being spent by the federal government, a recipe for mismanagement. How about we employ some of these out of work journalists to evaluate and monitor the prorams to improve their quality? Sargent Shriver, the first director of the Peace Corps, hired a young…

In response to my post asking whether Bristol Palin should have considered putting the baby up for adoption, Gerard Nadal writes in the comment box: The Palins are an intact intergenerational family of some means who welcome their newest member. It does not seem that there is any reason for Todd and Sarah to want…

“It kind of just happened,” a source close to the couple told PEOPLE. “I thought they would stick it out. But I think they can work together to raise Tripp.” When Sarah Palin announced the pregnancy of her daughter, she made a point of mentioning in the same breath that they would be married. “Bristol…

Folks on the religious left have long argued that a budget is a “moral document.” It reflects powerful value judgments about priorities and national commitments. Given the massive changes in President Barack Obama’s spending plan — shifting resources from the rich to the poor and middle — one might have expected someone like Obama to…
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