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Does Bigotry Deserve Tolerance Too?

There is a meaningful question hiding among the Palinesque blather over Phil Robertson’s suspension from Duck Dynasty. We seem to have reached a broad general agreement that differing viewpoints, choices and values should be tolerated in an open society. So

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Chick-fil-A, Gay Marriage, and Your Grandchildren

It’s hard to read about the Civil War or the Civil Rights Movement without playing a game of ‘what would I have done?’  That’s a particularly pointed exercise for a white Southerner whose cherished ancestors placed themselves so consistently and

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