There was a time when one woman strode across our political landscape and made men and women take notice.
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Remembering the riddle, the mystery and the enigma that was Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon was a complicated man who happened to be a conflicted man.
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Jon Stewart signs off warning us against “bulls**t”—but is vigilance enough?
The best work on “The Daily Show” helped unmask our self-deception, but that only gets us halfway to the real goal.
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When LBJ went all the way to voting right(s)
People will have their opinions about the 36th President, about what he did and what he failed to do; but no one can dispute this great act.
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What Defunding Planned Parenthood would really do
What are the practical implications of diverting federal funding towards community clinics?
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The Transfiguration of Paul VI
For 80 years, the pope who was born Giovanni Battista Montini, simply trusted in God and placed his hope in Him and because of that, he hoped “for good things,” like “lasting joy and mercy.”
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Deceptive editorializing: looking at the coverage of the Planned Parenthood videos
“Deceptive editing” is used to dismiss the videos, but deceptive editorializing is at least as big an issue.
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A closer look at the temporary restraining orders in the undercover abortion videos story
The legal issues presented by the release of C.M.P.’s undercover videos involve a complicated mix of federal and state law.
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We have been slow to see our use of the atomic bomb as a moral failure.
We have been slow to see our use of the atomic bomb as a moral failure.
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God Chooses the Despised: An Interview with 2015 Templeton Prize Laureate Jean Vanier
Love is to reveal to someone: “you are beautiful and you have value.”