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New Oxford Notes: July-August 2013

The French Revolution, Part Deux

France is seeing its largest, most prolonged public demonstrations of the past several decades; millions are protesting same-sex marriage and adoption.

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Big Sister Is Listening to You

States expend considerable effort rewriting statutes using "gender-neutral vocabulary" and manipulating our language in the service of a broad sociopolitical agenda.

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Letter to the Editor: April 2008

Pharisaical Mindset... The Dying of the Light... Mental Health & Family Harmony... Jesus Rose Only Once... No, Jesus Did Rise Twice... Identity Crisis in Catholic Schools... Capital Punishment Is Not Intrinsically Evil... Neutrality Kills... Persevere In Persecution... Ephemeral Empire... The 'True' Meaning of Ecumenism... Eastern Confusion... Russian Nightmare...