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I respect the courage and integrity of modern believers who are willing to hazard real......
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Neat girls and sweet girls negotiate our vexed relationship to feminism, even as they......
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I may not mourn the passing of some of our cultural taboos, but I'm a qualified......
Enlightenment liberalism has driven itself into a philosophical cul-de-sac, and the only......
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Elder Oaks' speech on religious freedom is built around a family of four related claims......
How 70's Mormon kitsch from Janeen Jacobs Brady reflected the culture wars of the time. ...
I am interested in refining a naive understanding of Mormon teachings on free will and......
American parents, riven by our own narcissism and the conflicted messages of a......
Grant Hardy's new book offers a neutral rendezvous space for devout and skeptical......
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We're already talking about female sexuality, a lot, but we don't recognize it. We......
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Two purposes for this column: salt, to preserve and to season the best ideas I encounter......