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Under siege: Freedom in Ecuador
Ecuador is being asked to approve a gigantesque constitution (it contains 444 articles) as part of President Rafael Correa's effort to reshape the nation in his own, leftist image.Obama, McCain, and health care justice
Barack Obama is conservative. John McCain is radical. It's true, at least with respect to one issue: healthcare.Ban the bottle?
Would banning bottled water be a blow for justice or a strike against consumers and the most needy?John Edwards is the real world
Why is any American shocked to learn that John Edwards committed adultery and lied about it? Do we not know our neighbors, friends, family? Adulterous promiscuity is one of America's favorite past times. Hot dogs, baseball, and promiscuity -- the American way.China's march against religious freedom
China promised improvements in human rights leading up to the 2008 Olympic Games, but has instead used the occasion to crack down on those seeking religious and political freedom.Solzhenitsyn and his critics
The world justly celebrates the life of Alexander Solzhenitsyn, a great man whose work and witness seems most aptly summed up in a single word: prophetic. But, as prophets are in a habit of doing, he made some people feel the needle who were sure they didn’t deserve it. This was especially so for Western liberals who, in the eyes of Solzhenitsyn, were indifferent to -- if not supportive of -- communist oppression.Better grades through bling-bling
The power of learning and the value of delayed gratification are two of the most important principles of long-term success in anything. A new pay-to-learn scheme will undermine both.Liberation theology's civil war
Few fights are nastier than theological quarrels. This axiom has been amply confirmed by the ongoing spat that has erupted between two brothers who were crucial figures in the rise of liberation theology: the Brazilians Leonardo and Clodovis Boff.Guns, foreign courts, and the moral consensus of the international community
Over the last few years, observers of the Supreme Court have noticed a trend among some of the justices to cite the decisions of foreign courts as part of the relevant precedent in deciding the cases before them.Wealth grows in the desert
With the credit crunch and oil prices continuing to shake economies across the globe, the world's more prominent financial centers, most notably Wall Street and the City of London, have lost much of their luster.Charity on the dole, round two
The lesson of the long history of church-state intermingling is, if you want to do religiously motivated work in the United States, it is best to do it on your own dime.Hip hop’s delusional God-talk
Soulja Boy I nearly hemorrhaged when Lil’ Wayne approached the microphone at the 2008 BET Awards saying, “I am nothing without God, baby! I just want to say thank God, thank my family and thank Universal.” What god is he thanking?