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  • Thought And Crime0

    On July 1, 2007, Satendar Singh, a 26-year-old Sikh American was attacked by a group of six men while enjoying an early Independence Day picnic with friends at a park in Folsom, California. According to news reports, the attackers noticed that Singh was dancing with both men and women and did not appear to have

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  • Candor And Civility0

    Academic freedom, as an idea and as a way of life, has entered its second century in a moment of political, economic, and military turmoil with distinct sectarian overtones. The "Melting Pot" has become a seething cauldron unlike anything America has seen before. We see dragons under every bed, witches behind every door, and a

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  • The Word Unchained0

    Screening books and other materials available to prison inmates on the basis of their potential to incite violence and for sexually explicit content has been the norm in prison systems nationwide. But when U.S. prison officials created a list of approved books and materials last spring and took the excluded non-Scripture prayer and hymnal books,

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  • The Man on the White Horse!0

    Time for the cavalry? Since 9/11 it seems we've been living out a darker model of action. Sort of like the ill-famed charge of the Light Brigade in the Crimean War. If you've read the famous poem of that event you'll appreciate the brave stupidity of Lord Raglan's order for the brigade to charge several

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  • No Pictures, Please0

    Legislation requiring photo identification of all drivers, passed in 2003 by the Alberta government, may soon see the demise of a small agrarian sector of this prairie province of Canada. After all, the ability to drive is necessary in a farming operation, for the farmer has to be able to get supplies and feed for

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  • A Church-State Judgement Call0

    On Monday, October 1, 2007, six Supreme Court justices attended the 54th Annual "Red Mass" at the Cathedral of St. Matthew, and there is reason to feel some unease with respect to their presence at the event. No political candidate or judge gives up their First Amendment protections simply by election or appointment. Public officials

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