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Debating God in stem cell researchBy Michelle Laque Johnson
Four years ago, my husband was diagnosed with melanoma, one of the deadliest forms of cancer. Three years later, he began a second battle against cancer. This time, it was leukemia.Cancer survivors know the fear a...
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Britain’s war on Michael SavageBy Jeffrey Kuhner
The British government’s recent blacklisting of conservative talk-radio host, Michael Savage, is an ominous sign—and should be of deep concern to all Americans, regardless of their political leanings. It reflects...
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Obama’s torture tacticsBy Steve Malzberg
Dating all the way back to the battle for the democratic presidential nomination, we have known that President Barack Obama was against the “enhanced interrogation techniques” that we now know helped prevent further...
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Specter’s defection cleanses GOPBy Kerry W. McCarthy
Sen. Arlen Specter ended 29 years of speculation by finally leaving the GOP and joining the Democratic Party. The Pennsylvanian’s career has swerved, turned, zigged and zagged, teetering back and forth between...
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Europe’s authoritarian regimeBy Natasha Srdoc
The fact that I was called an “enemy of the state” would be amusing if it had not been relayed by Croatia’s finance minister and prime minister to a messenger who was assassinated in a car bomb explosion in...
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Russia’s new perestroikaBy Andrei Piontkovsky
Commentators in Russia and abroad are wondering if there is any hope of a Medvedev liberalization, a de-Putinization, a possible thaw and perestroika. If this were true, it would lead to people being allowed to...
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Talk radio rallies for accused soldiersBy Beowulf Rochlen
Talk radio is proving to be the saving grace for accused soldiers.On March 17, 2008, a military court in Washington DC, released a unanimous decision upholding the dismissal of charges against Marine Lt. Col. Jeffrey...
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Feminists’ crowning gloryBy Loredana Vuoto
Feminists always protect their own—except when it comes to supporters of Proposition 8. During the Miss USA pageant, Miss California Carrie Prejean was asked by judge and celebrity gossip blogger Perez Hilton if she...
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Marriage is more than a civil rightBy Joseph Beaudoin
Empirical evidence establishes an undeniable fundamental truth: heterosexual monogamy is the key survival strategy of the human species. Traditional marriage, therefore, is much more than a civil right.In 1967, in...
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The extravagance of complacencyBy Kerry W. McCarthy
Recently, a friend commented that complacency was what defeated John Kerry in the presidential election of 2004 and Hillary Clinton in 2008. Just what is complacency, and how can it be so important as to lose...
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