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  • Moral Outrage0

    It was a horrific tale of cruelty and abuse that ended in the death of a 7-year-old boy. His offense: not knowing all of 13 Bible verses! National and international media groaned out the sordid details of how last year a Wisconsin couple, Timothy and Tina Hauschultz and another son, 15-year-old Damian, meted out the

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  • Courting Disaster0

    Americans are inclined to take for granted their country’s reputation as a beacon of religious freedom for all people. After all, the modern concept of religious freedom arguably originated in America and has spread outward to the rest of the developed world. Our religious freedom has given our country an enviable wealth of religious and

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  • The Ox in My Yard0

    It looked kind of regal resting there by our privacy fence. The owner had done an amazing job of restoring it to its former glory. He’d overhauled the engine, replaced broken parts, and given it a beautiful paint job reflective of its original colors and design. I’d always thought old tractors look powerful and efficient,

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  • The Beginning of Connecticut’s Blue Laws0

    A great deal has been said and written pro and con about Connecticut’s “blue laws.” We have just made a thorough investigation of the early records setting forth the statutes as enacted by the original colonies, and we shall publish from time to time these statutes as they really existed in the records. . .

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  • That Good Night0

    In 1968 a small-time movie producer named George Romero filmed a horror flick in rural Pennsylvania. He spent about $114,000, low budget even back then.Besides using unknown actors, Romero shot the film in 35-millimeter black-and-white. And, for special effects, the crew poured Bosco Chocolate Syrup over the actor’s bodies.That was supposed to be blood. The

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  • Far From Home0

    Every morning in a quiet village of Nordrhein, Germany, a few miles from Belgium, Khder after breakfast embraces his wife Nadjat, gives a kiss to their 4-year-olds sons and goes by bus to Nideggen train station. A local train, after winding through woods and fields dominated by wind turbines, leads him in an hour to

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