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1996 May

Letter to the Editor: May 1996

The Byzantine Option... The Obvious Choice: A Nun... Ask Pointed Questions... The Hand That Rocks the Cradle... Besieged by Mormons...

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What's Wrong With 'Values'

THE MUSHY WORLD OF MORAL RELATIVISM

Terence Ball

"Values" can include anything from personal preferences, unexamined prejudices, individual aims, and group goals, to religious convictions and moral principles.

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The Grotesque World of Today's Sex Education

WHERE PARENTS ARE THE ENEMY & CHILDREN THE VICTIMS

Arthur J. Delaney

Most parents simply have no idea of what the schools have proposed, developed, and in many cases adopted under deceptive and innocuous sounding titles.

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The Repaganization of the West

HISTORY IS COMING FULL CIRCLE

Benjamin D. Wiker

While the pre-Christian conscience had some nobility, the de-Christianized conscience does not. It is one thing to lack a light, another to extinguish it out of contempt.

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A Case for Censorship

DEFENDING THE POOR FROM THE JADED RICH

Thomas Storck

If to commit certain evils is harmful to others and a crime, then why should advocating and encouraging such evils be perfectly lawful?

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The Bluest Eye

HARVARD DIARY

Robert Coles

The blue eyes for which Pecola yearns tell of the way children learn to find hope in the most improbable places, a consequence of the hopelessness of their daily lives.

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How "User-Friendly" Is God?

Gary Mar

If God were to ask, "Who do evangelical Protestant theologians say I am?," He would get a cacophony of claims.

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Briefly: May 1996

Reviews of For Whom There Is No Room: Scenes from the Refugee World... Risen Indeed: Making Sense of the Resurrection

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