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Tear Down That Wall

February 12, 2013

Christopher Hitchens’ 2010 article calling for the prosecution of the Catholic priests who abused children, and the men who covered it up.


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May 19, 2013

When will the Boy Scouts accept the non-religious?


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To Life, Not Martyrdom
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