
New Oxford Notes: September 2012

Guaranteed Controversy
In advance of her big London Summit on Family Planning, Melinda Gates launched a campaign called "No Controversy." She may soon realize she's already knee-deep in it.
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Man-Child in the Promised Land
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The same God who instructs the heart also makes full use of intellectual concepts, syllogisms, and insights, including those found in philosophy and theology.
With the welfare/warfare state, one may wonder: which came first? They are both features of empires, especially in the latter stages of an empire’s lifecycle.