Dry Bones
Why Religion Can’t Live without Mysticism
The great religious battle of our time is not the one being waged between believers and unbelievers. Yes, that's an important and certainly a noisy conflict. But more significant than that struggle is the clash occurring within religious traditions.
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Fraternal Correction
Lessons from the Irish Sex-Abuse Crisis
It is now clear that for more than two decades, simultaneous tragedies of episcopal malfeasance played out in both the U.S. and Irish churches, as bishops in both countries systematically mishandled allegations of child sexual abuse committed by their priests.
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‘Peaceful & Private’
MONTANA’S SUPREME COURT RULES ON ASSISTED SUICIDE
In a fit of radical judicial activism, the Montana Supreme Court has ruled that physician-assisted suicide does not violate state law, making Montana the third state (after Oregon and Washington) to legalize the "procedure."
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Good Debt, Bad Debt
It's time for a rational approach to the federal budget
There is a pathetic quality to our discussion of deficits and fiscal responsibility because we never face up to how much we need government to do. Our debates are also characterized by a politically convenient amnesia.
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