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Revolution

The Pill Perplex by Jonathan V. Last. ‘Contraceptive sex,” writes Mary Eberstadt, is “the fundamental social fact of our time.” Eberstadt argues that the invention of the pill and near-mastery of contraception in the West during the 1960s caused a [...]

Cronyism

Cronyism Built That by Andrew Stiles. President Obama’s record of rewarding political donors with taxpayer dollars and plum administration posts is facing a new round of scrutiny thanks to GOP challenger Mitt Romney’s effort to make it a central issue [...]

Hate

They Don’t Make Hate Like They Used To by Lars Walker. I had a couple arguments online recently, and came away with bruises. The upside of insult, though, for a writer, is always that you can plow it back into [...]