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"From whom do we first learn about love?" I asked every student in my high school theology classes the same question. There is always a hand or two from the guessers in the classroom. I would call on one of them, knowing their answer.
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Students at Providence College upset by a resident assistant's posting of material supporting Catholic teaching about marriage are planning to hold a march against homophobia Friday night. Meanwhile, the college is investigating the appearance of a cartoon in a dorm bathroom showing the residential assistant being anally raped.
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One of the nation's most prestigious newspapers recently put out a weekend edition that prominently featured an essay on how much human life has improved in these last two centuries. The author is Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker, whom we have heard on more than one occasion described as
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The U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments Tuesday morning for a case stemming from a California law that tries to force pro-life pregnancy centers to tell clients where they can get an abortion. State officials in California claim pregnancy centers run by volunteers are commercial entities, and that it&
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For the first time in a long time … Mark Zuckerberg got it wrong. Big time. And it's leading to an implosion of Facebook … because it turns out we really don't actually like anyone. Follow me for a minute. And keep in mind – I literally do this
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The College of the Holy Cross is getting rid of the Crusader as its mascot and its logo. The announcement comes 39 days after the school announced it would keep Crusader as its nickname, after a trustees meeting called to consider ditching it.
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I almost feel bad for Connecticut Governor Dan Malloy. The key word here, obviously, is almost.
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When you hear "American Revolution," do you think Rhode Island? You should, as James Glickman's marvelous and surprising novel Crossing Point makes clear. The book tells the story of leading men and women in Rhode Island who played a significant role in the War for Independence.
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