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Rod Dreher
Against politicizing love and relationships
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Rod Dreher
Ricky Martin’s self-outing has Megan McArdle thinking: Why do we think that our love lives are such a central part of our existence that we cannot be perfectly whole unless we’ve shared the major details with the world? I’m not arguing that Ricky Martin should stay in the closet–I’m glad he’s out and proud, and…
The healing power of beauty
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Rod Dreher
From reader Michael Wenberg in Walla Walla: So much bad news lately, but wanted to share something quite beautiful that happened over the weekend. I’m CEO of a small town symphony orchestra that has been around since 1907 (I also play 2nd trombone in the orchestra). We just finished two performances of Sleeping Beauty in…
Jordan Brown: Lost boy, lost family
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Rod Dreher
A reader writes: Have you heard about the 11 year-old Western Pennsylvania boy, Jordan Brown, who killed his father’s live-in fiancée, who was pregnant with their child, with a shotgun? He is now, at 12 years old, to be tried as an adult. A horrific crime. And one should be glad that the death of…
Passover: No strangers at Sharon’s table
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Rod Dreher
On today, the first day of Passover, Sharon Astyk writes about welcoming the stranger. Excerpt: One of the central pieces of the Passover story, then, which is so important we tell it twice, on two separate nights, is this – you were a refugee, and you should know what it is like. And you must…
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