The Surprisingly Short History of Popular Yoga
Last month, a yoga class at the University of Ottawa that was cancelled amid accusations…
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Pro-Life Org Sued for Sexual Abuse During Exorcism
Will it be seen as emblematic of anti-abortion activism?
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The Fatherhood Initiative funds crisis pregnancy centers.
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The Birth of Un-Cool: How Disgusted Liberals Became Neoconservatives
In the same way that actual radicals were chic among left-leaning socialites in the late seventies, NASCAR and pork rinds were a mark of authenticity for conservatives throughout the Bush years. But now some Republicans are rethinking their down-market identities.
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Obama’s Divisive Choice of Rick Warren
In his zeal to appeal to all, the president-elect chose a pastor to give the invocation at his inauguration who has compared gays to pedophiles and abortion to the Holocaust. Why did he do it?
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The Sexual Threat to Fundamentalism
Why have homosexuality and gender-bending displaced Jews and anti-Semitism as the bogeymen of fundamentalists across the globe?
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Proposition 8, The Mormon Coming Out Party
While the LDS Church’s leadership role in the passage of Proposition 8 may have been a surprising new direction for observers here in the United States, the Church has been instrumental in the organization of a world-spanning alliance of right-wing Christians and Muslims.
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