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A City Upon A Hill 0
- July/August 2015
- July 1, 2015
It was my first July 4 in the United States. That weekend I attended a church service imbued with thankful sentiments for freedom of religion. Church members from different countries together sang a special “liturgical song.” As we raised our voices to intone “Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, And this
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The Judicial Revolt of Roy Moore 0
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- June 29, 2015
Roy Moore, the chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, has had run-ins with the federal judiciary before, but never with the Supreme Court of the United States. That changed in February, when the High Court, without explanation, refused to halt the wave of same-sex weddings about to overtake Alabama after a federal judge and
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A Man for All Seasons: Remembering Attorney Lee Boothby 0
- May/June 2015
- May 14, 2015
I first met Lee as a young lawyer in Washington, D.C. I was the director of the Council on Religious Freedom, which he had helped found and was a board member of. He provided much encouragement and support for a younger lawyer. He was unselfish with his time, and gave me opportunity to assist in
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A Time of Fire 0
- May/June 2015
- May 11, 2015
A few days ago I stood next to what looked like a rain-filled basement sunk deep into the green spring grass of a low Texas hilltop, called by some to this day Mount Carmel. It is all that is left today of the Branch Davidian Compound after Federal agents opened a general assault on April 19,
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The Natural 0
- May/June 2015
- May 11, 2015
Some people come into this world with a singleness of purpose that leaves an indelible impression on those who follow after. Lee Boothby was one of those people. In an era when the church he belonged to wasn’t encouraging young people to enter the practice of law, he became a lawyer. At a time when
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I know What You're Thinking 0
- May/June 2015
- May 1, 2015
In Steve Spielberg’s 2002 futurist Minority Report Tom Cruise plays a policeman in 2054 on the run. Though he’s trying to be incognito, the surveillance state has so much biometric data on its citizens that, as he rushes through a mall, the stores and billboards not only beckon him by name but also fine-tune their
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