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Feb 25 2015
News
For Scott Walker, a Consistent Approach Under Tough Questioning
As Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin struggled to respond to questions about the president’s patriotism and religion last week, some saw an unprepared presidential hopeful in the national glare — not ready for “the N.F.L.,” as one participant in a Sunday morning talk show put it.
But in Mr. Walker’s home state, his repeated refusal to distance himself from a spurious claim that President
New York Times (News)Apr 11 2016
Background
Is the ACLU Good for America?
Since its creation on Jan. 19, 1920, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has often been at the center of controversy and public debate. They have taken on issues ranging from abortion, the death penalty, and immigration to religious displays, drug policy, and the war on terror. In fact, the ACLU has appeared before the US Supreme Court more times than anyone except the US Department of
ProCon.orgJan 05 2015
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Egyptian President: It's Time to Reform Islam, Combat Extremist Clerics
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi delivered a speech on New Year’s Day 2015, in anticipation for the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday, which ended Saturday evening. In his address, Sisi highlighted the necessity for reformation within the ummah, or Islamic nation.
He warned that Islam’s radical clerics were taking the religion to a place where killing and destruction is encouraged, and
Breitbart NewsMar 27 2020
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Zoom Shabbat, drive-through confessional: Faith during coronavirus
During the pandemic, what does it mean to come together and pray? Members of many religions are wrestling with how to best serve their faith while heeding government guidelines.
Even though it was a sunny afternoon, Father Corey Bassett-Tirrell was shocked to see the line of cars in the parking lot of St. Mary Church in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, waiting to participate in the parish’s
Christian Science MonitorJun 26 2019
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Democrats Are Wrong About Republicans. Republicans Are Wrong About Democrats.
Welcome to Secret Identity, our regular column on identity and its role in politics and policy.
The defining divide in American politics is probably between Republicans and Democrats. It encapsulates all our other divides — by race, education, religion and more — and it’s growing.
This partisan divide is such a big part of people’s political identities, in fact, that it’s
538 (ABC News)Mar 15 2022
Perspectives Blog
Why People Die for Freedom
From the RightI was confounded when reading a recent Quinnipiac University poll in which only 55% of Americans said that would they would stay and fight if we were invaded like Ukraine, while 38% say they would flee. As we watch Ukrainian farmers and families deploy tractors and Molotov cocktails to defend their country, I find these survey results disheartening. It is time to turnaround our
Lisa GableJun 21 2019
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Supreme Court rules cross at state-run WWI memorial can remain
The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a large cross in Maryland known as the "Peace Cross" is not in violation of the Constitution's Establishment Clause and can remain in place.
The American Legion had built 40-foot tall cross in a memorial park for World War I veterans in Maryland, and a state commission later took over responsibility for the park, including caring for the cross.
The HillJun 17 2020
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Why Gorsuch upheld civil rights for LGBTQ Americans
When one of the high court’s staunchest defenders of LGBTQ rights, Justice Anthony Kennedy, retired in 2018, most court watchers expected those rights to only get rolled back. Enter a strict textualist.
In a landmark, and unexpected, decision yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that firing an employee because of their sexual orientation or gender identity violates federal law.
Christian Science MonitorOct 27 2020
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As college grads flee the GOP, political ‘diploma divide’ grows
President Trump won in 2016 thanks in part to support from non-college-educated white voters. Those with college degrees are increasingly voting Democratic – shifting partisan policy priorities and campaign strategies.
Four years ago, Donald Trump’s path to the White House ran through Rust Belt states with higher-than-average numbers of white voters without college degrees.
That
Christian Science MonitorAug 21 2020
Analysis
Joe Biden likes you
Joe Biden likes you even if you don’t like him, because it’s his job to like you, no matter how you vote.
It’s long been the cliché that voters judge politicians based on their likability. There’s truth to it, but in my experience, the deeper question isn’t how much voters like a politician, but whether they believe a politician likes them.
There isn’t enough charisma in the
Vox