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Latest Commentary
Hurt Feelings, Conscience, and Freedom – Part 1
May 26, 2023
Rick Plasterer
Healthy National Identity vs National Idolatry
May 25, 2023
Josiah Hasbrouck
Sudan’s Churches: Targeted or Caught in Crossfire?
May 24, 2023
Scott Morgan
Counting Coptic Christians in Egypt
May 26, 2023
Samuel Tadros
A Moral Assessment of the British Empire: It’s Complicated
May 25, 2023
Trey Dimsdale
<strong>Putin, Polar Bears, and “Russia: The Home of the Elephants”</strong>
May 24, 2023
Robert Morrison
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