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Obama's Stem Cell Temptations
In marginalizing religiously informed critiques of public policy, including stem cell research, Obama is unintentionally spinning a kind of religious narrative of his own that has equally sectarian implications.
By Mathew N. Schmalz | March 7, 2009; 01:12 PM ET | Comments (14)
Yes. No. Probably.
The Obama administration should probably let faith-based programs that receive government grants discriminate against those they hire or serve: apparent discrimination might be understandable discernment that could eventually lead to dialogue.
By Mathew N. Schmalz | February 17, 2009; 05:36 AM ET | Comments (5)
Confrontation not Conciliation
The Holy Father's initial failure to confront Williamson's anti-Semitism had the unintended effect of amplifying the schismatic Bishop's most extreme pronouncements much in the way that sound echoes and reverberates in the quiet of an empty building.
By Mathew N. Schmalz | February 9, 2009; 04:51 AM ET | Comments (5)
