One of the enduring complaints leveled by culture warriors is that religion has been ejected from the public square, that people of faith have been marginalized by a liberal elite more concerned with tolerance than Truth.
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Wedding Message
My youngest son recently attended the wedding of two co-workers. It was evidently a very lovely affair–formal, at an expensive Chicago hotel, conducted with meticulous attention to detail. One of those details was a program book, listing the numerous bridesmaids and groomsmen and each one’s relationship to the happy…
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Prospects for 2002
The fight for equal rights for gays and lesbians has entered mid-life. No longer is the battle solely for personal safety and the absence of the most hurtful kinds of marginalization.
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The People He Has Around Him
My Republican friends have defended President-elect George W. Bush (even while admitting that he may not be the brightest bulb in the lamp) by insisting that he will compensate for his deficiencies by putting “good people” around him.
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A Letter to Max
I’d like to use this month’s column to write a letter to my newest grandson.
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