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The World That Spielberg Made

It’s a cliché to say that Steven Spielberg played an essential role in my life, partly because he did for so many people. More than any saint or historic. The post The World That Spielberg Made appeared first on First Things

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In the Land of St. Agatha

My ITA Airways flight landed near Palermo on a Sunday morning. After leaving my baggage and ten euros with a friendly souvenir shop owner, I set out, masstimes.org in. The post In the Land of St. Agatha appeared first on First Things

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Culture

Nigel Biggar’s Thick Red Line

The New Dark Age:Why Liberals Must Win the Culture Warsby nigel biggarpolity, 192 pages, $25 Professor Nigel Biggar, Emeritus Regius Professor of Moral Theology at the University of Oxford,. The post Nigel Biggar’s Thick Red Line appeared first on First Things

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Politics

Will Starmer's social media ban for kids really happen?

In what feels like one of the few genuinely radical decisions of his premiership, Keir Starmer has announced an almost complete ban on social media for the under 16s, starting next spring. Messaging apps will not be included, but YouTube (ie “television”) will. Does the ban make sense? Will it actually happen? And is Starmer now thinking about legacy projects at this febrile moment of his leadership? We speak to the AI minister Kanishka Narayan. Later Jess Asato MP found herself undressed by ...

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Politics

Supreme Court Halts Execution of Inmate Ministry Leader

The Supreme Court on Thursday, June 11, prevented Alabama from executing a man who became a Christian ministry leader during his 26 years on death row, deciding that killing him using nitrogen gas was unconstitutional. Jeffery Lee, who is imprisoned for the murder of two people, elected in 2018 to be executed by nitrogen hypoxia over Read more. The post Supreme Court Halts Execution of Inmate Ministry Leader appeared first on Christianity Today

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