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CHARLES HAYNES: Unhappy New Year for religious liberty
Good riddance to the aughts, naughts or ohs. By whatever name, the first decade of the 21st century has been devastating for religious liberty in much of the world.
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No resolve? Just pick a word
It’s time for our third annual New Year’s Day tradition where we all let ourselves off the hook with the whole resolution thing and pick a word instead. For those of you who are just joining us, f...
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How Moses left his footprints in America
At this place Moses looked down across the Jordan River and into the “promised land.” Here God told him, “I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.”
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JOHN HEWETT: Nativity is story of surprises
In his cantata For Us a Child is Born, J. S. Bach painted a portrait of the Christian’s journey through Advent to Christmas.
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Betsy O Donovan BETSY O'DONOVAN: I am woman, hear me snore
As a feminist, I am pleased that the Union County Board of Commissioners has finally elected a chairwoman. I have to admit, though, I am way less interested in Kim Rogers’ ovaries than in her poli...
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Threats to religion: mountains and molehills
A very bad year for religious liberty got worse earlier this month when the Russian Supreme Court upheld a regional court ruling prohibiting Jehovah’s Witnesses from gathering to worship and banni...
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Make Sanford's punishment count
In the end, South Carolina lawmakers said Gov. Mark Sanford may be a lying sack of toe jam, but that doesn’t disqualify him from holding the state’s highest office.
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Why our bubble wasn't bigger
I guess it’s cold comfort to say this in a state with thousands of residents underwater on their mortgages, but by national standards North Carolina didn’t experience much of a housing bubble durin...
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They won't charge extra to laugh at me
Nobody would confuse me for Mikhail Baryshnikov.
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SCOTT HOLLIFIELD: Hoping for a Christmas miracle
This holiday season, I’m putting faith in my fellow man – or counting on a Christmas miracle – that the pony will actually work when we plug it in.
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Gene Policinski Will federal government be more open?
We’re either on the verge of a new era in transparency in the federal government – or we’re not.
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State treasurer's bad idea
For as long as there have been state treasurers managing state pension funds, there have been attempts by political insiders to scam some of the money with promises of “creating jobs.” They’ve alw...
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Is innovation key to prosperity?
Many of the questions I get from attendees are about jobs. Questions like, where will the new jobs be? And how can we ever hope to compete against countries where wages are so much lower?
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SCOTT HOLLIFIELD: What was he -- cough -- saying?
Whatever the gentleman came to talk about was suddenly unimportant.
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CHARLES HAYNES: Hark, the herald angels sing -- or not
’Twas the nightmare before Christmas late last month for Michael Stratechuk of Maplewood, N.J., when a federal appeals court upheld a local school district policy barring religious music from scho...
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