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The Global War Against Women? Or not

In yesterday’s Times, there’s this, from France. As you’ll see, it presents one of those complicated moral conundrums that drive a lot of people toward comfortable simplistics: France: Court Says Head Scarf Is No Grounds for Firing France’s highest court … Continue reading

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“Do lawyers ever go to heaven?”

“……and in consideration of valuable services to the nation not very clearly specified in the Honors List, he became Sir Henry Dormer, Bart. His only child—a girl—had died, and there was no prospect of any further family, so there was, … Continue reading

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The Global War Against Women: the Wailing Wall and Iowa

This, from yesterday’s New York Times, by Jodi Rudoren, should be read by everyone as a warning: Religion is bad for women and all other living creatures. The warning should be extended to all governments: keep religion out of government. … Continue reading

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