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The Paradoxes of Ted Cruz
By almost any reckoning, Ted Cruz’s campaign for the Republican presidential nomination presents voters with a paradox—several paradoxes, actually. The senator from Texas styles himself …
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A Sunday Spent with Jimmy Carter
Southwest Georgia is Baptist country. The back roads heading south out of Columbus are bracketed by red soil, scruffy pines, and clapboard buildings sporting names …
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What Romney Wouldn’t Say
During his long pursuit of the presidency, three M-words rarely passed Mitt Romney’s lips: Massachusetts, Mandate, and Mormonism. This first two silent M’s were, at …
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What Phyllis Schlafly Believed: An Unreleased Interview with the Late Anti-Feminist Activist
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Aboard Noah’s Ark, in a Kentucky Corn Field
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The Moral Tribalism of Contemporary Politics
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A Theme Park, a Scandal, and the Faded Ruins of a Televangelism Empire
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John Stott, C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien: Why American Evangelicals Love the British
Writers tell us stories about where they discovered religion and politics in their states.
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