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This week, Pew Research Center released a poll of over 4,000 individuals who had attended a religious service within the past few months. It asked respondents how often clergy had spoken out about various social and political issues. An impressive 64 percent of respondents reported that they had . . . . Continue Reading »

11 Aug 2016 0

The Right Side of History

by David T. Koyzis

One generation's progress may fall victim to the next generation's very different agenda. If there is a lesson to be taken from this, it is that history is not, after all, a singular progressive movement along some grand Hegelian trajectory. Continue Reading »

12 Jan 2016 0

Gifts, Sex, and the State Legislature

by Gabriel Rossman

A Missouri state assembly bill sponsored by Representative Bart Korman (R-Montgomery County) would require lobbyists to disclose sexual relationships with legislators or legislative staffers. The bill does so through defining sex as a “gift.”

8 Jan 2016 0

The Right Kind of Despair

by Greg Forster

Despair of transcendent politics to get better politics. Continue Reading »

26 Dec 2015 0

Libertarian Youth

by Ben Bristor

Last year, the New York Times Magazine published an article pondering whether the “Libertarian Moment” has come at last. Five months before that, Pew reported that 50 percent of millennials identify as political independents. The same report also found that 51 percent of millennials favor gay . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Sep 2015 0

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