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Meet the Authors of What Is Marriage?

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My friends Sherif Girgis, Ryan T. Anderson, and Robert P. George, authors of What Is Marriage? Man and Woman: A Defense , will discuss their book next Tuesday, January 8, at 12:30 p.m. at the Heritage Foundation in Washington.  The event will be hosted by Jennifer Marshall, director of . . . . Continue Reading »

The Significance of the Bork Battle

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Twenty-five years ago, on July 1, 1987, President Reagan nominated Robert Bork to the U.S. Supreme Court, to replace the retiring Justice Lewis Powell. One hundred fourteen days later, on October 23, 1987, the U.S. Senate declined to give its consent to his appointment, by a vote of forty-two . . . . Continue Reading »

“First Freedom” on PBS Tonight

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Tonight on (I expect) many PBS stations you can see a documentary called ” First Freedom: The Fight for Religious Liberty .” (It’s on from 8:00 to 9:30 p.m. on Philadelphia’s WHYY; check local listings.) I am not endorsing the program, since I want to see it first, but I am . . . . Continue Reading »

Sobering Up About a Wealth Tax

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The estimable R.R. Reno’s wit is as dry as his martinis, so it is hard for me to know how seriously he meant the proposal in his “On the Square” essay ” Martinis and Taxes ” today, for a federal wealth tax.  His friend, however, led him astray by invoking the . . . . Continue Reading »