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Joining Heart and Head: A Cure for the House, MD Blues

It is a common view that the quest for truth breeds misery-as echoed lately in viewer responses to House, MD.…

Morality: Who Needs It

Do you lead a moral life? To many this may sound like an old-fashioned question. To them, the idea of…

Objectivism in the Culture: A Businessman Stands for Principle and Property Rights: An Interview with John Allison

According to Objectivism, the principle of property rights is a cornerstone of a free society. The right to property is…

The Twilight of Freedom of Speech

To fathom our government's contemptible treatment of a handful of unbowed journalists, you must see the roots of that treatment…

The Bait and Switch of “Intelligent Design”

Legal and political battle lines have been drawn across the country over the teaching of "intelligent design"--the view that life…

Moral Values Without Religion

Does morality depend upon religion? Most people believe it does, which is a major reason behind the appeal of the…

Campus Media Response: Religious Tolerance Blights Campus Culture

Religion is becoming a political issue in the culture at large. Abortion, stem-cell research, euthanasia, homosexuality, intelligent design--even the "war…

Chronicles of Narnia: Christian Sheep in Lion’s Clothing

The buzz about Christian propaganda couched in Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe seems to have…

The Case for Girly Beauty

I must confess, I love to go shopping. Although my meager grad student stipend doesn't generally afford outlandish spending sprees,…

Harry Potter and the Half-Stumped Critics

By now few of our readers have eluded the fairy dust that has settled all over the world since Harry…