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Save the Fox, Kill the Fetus

Question: Why do babies in the womb have fewer rights than vermin? Answer: Because men can buy Viagra over the counter. Yes, this sounds at best like a piece. The post Save the Fox, Kill the Fetus appeared first on First Things

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Judge Concludes Grand Jury Subpoena to Fed Had Improper Purpose

"There is abundant evidence that the subpoenas' dominant (if not sole) purpose is to harass and pressure Powell either to yield to the President or to resign and make way for a Fed Chair who will. On the other side of the scale, the Government has offered no evidence whatsoever that Powell committed any crime other than displeasing the President."

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Europe’s Fate Is America’s Business

"In a second Trump term,” said former national security advisor John Bolton to the Washington Post almost exactly four years ago, “I think he may well have withdrawn from NATO.” The post Europe’s Fate Is America’s Business appeared first on First Things

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Leo’s Transatlantic Task

Leo’s Transatlantic Task There were rumors that Leo XIV would travel to his home country this year, perhaps for a stop at the UN, among other places. But the U.S.-born pope will not be visiting the United States anytime soon, the Vatican recently confirmed. John Paul II and Benedict XVI visited their own native countries within a year of their elections (though Francis never went to Argentina). So far Leo has yet to travel in Europe, or even to other Italian cities, while his relationship wit...

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