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According to Chesterton, tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything. Chesterton meant that as a critique of tolerance. But it captures nicely the upside of unbelief: where religion is trivialized, one is unlikely to find persecution. When it is believed that on your religion hangs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will It Be Coffee, Tea Or He? | 6/15/1998 | See Source »

America has a rare and precious asset in Gates. He is a man whose work improves people's lives, making our working hours more productive and more fun. Gates must bring in hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign exchange to America each year. If he makes billions as a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 6, 1998 | 4/6/1998 | See Source »

In the face of the Hopwood evidence (or King's article), intellectuals no longer defend affirmative action and persecute the likes of Graglia by contending that affirmative action is merely a "plus factor." Instead, they claim that affirmative action is necessary to achieve diversity. That argument, they think, arrests any...

Author: By Thomas B. Cotton, | Title: Defining Diversity Down | 3/18/1998 | See Source »

Criticizing the liberals, however, becomes difficult. As Keillor portrays them, they are either militant freaks of society who fight for ridiculous-sounding causes, or else self-obsessed inner children who whine when they should be working. "New Age music," John grumbles in his head, "[is] relaxation music for yuppies to...

Author: By Sarah A. Rodriguez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Sweet Home Minnesota | 12/5/1997 | See Source »

National Coming Out of Homosexuality Day is perhaps the most misunderstood phenomeon that has taken place at Harvard this academic year. Homosexuals would like one to believe that this is just another example of radical Christians attempting to persecute them. They are wrong. National Coming Out of Homosexuality Day is...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Don't Fault Christians For Preaching Religion | 11/7/1997 | See Source »

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