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Mark Sanford, George Tiller, and the Politics of Hypocrisy

By Fred Block, UC Davis

June 25, 2009 - 7:19am

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Charging fallen politicians with hypocrisy fundamentally misses the point that has been in dispute during the culture wars.

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Tempest in a Teapot: The Non-Controversy of Obama's Notre Dame Commencement Speech

By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor

May 13, 2009 - 3:20pm

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Protesters at Notre Dame fear that President Obama will use his commencement speech to "co-opt" the Catholic vote and promote his "extreme views on abortion." No need for either: the vast majority of Catholics already agree with him.

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The Wrong Recipe for Ending The Culture Wars? A Response to Saletan

By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor

February 22, 2009 - 11:21pm

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In today's New York Times, William Saletan offers a misguided prescription for ending the "culture" wars and perpetuates the myths of "moral" versus "practical."

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On The Betrayal of King's Legacy and Culture Wars, A Reverend Speaks Out

By Osagyefu Uhuru Sekou, Religion Dispatches

January 19, 2009 - 4:06pm

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Unlike the recent document claiming reconciliation between evangelicals and progressives the only way democracy has ever been expanded in the US, according to the Rev. Sekou, is by the defeat of conservative evangelical positions.

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