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Of Roots and Adventures

I have lived in Ohio, Michigan, Georgia (twice), Pennsylvania, Alabama (also twice), England, and Idaho. I left home to go to college, left another home to attend seminary, and. The post Of Roots and Adventures appeared first on First Things

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Can Liberals Be Pronatalists?

Last year the United Nations Population Division predicted that global population will peak in approximately sixty years, at around 10.3 billion people. After that, the number of human beings will begin to fall. The post Can Liberals Be Pronatalists? appeared first on First Things

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Kemi puts the knife in first: Has sacking Jenrick made her stronger?

The politician who once complained of not seeing enough "white faces" in Birmingham probably had a very white one himself this morning. Robert Jenrick's apparent imminent plot to defect to Reform was left in tatters when his party leader Kemi Badenoch uncovered the plan, sacked him and booted him out of the party, and announced it to the world on a polished video clip. What happens now to the shadow justice secretary - as was - and to both the Tory party and Reform? Emily and Lewis speak to t...

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Does Keir Starmer have the courage to stand up to Elon Musk?

Is the government about to stand up to Elon Musk? That now seems possible. Downing Street said today that they would support action from Ofcom - the media regulator - against his platforms if they deemed it necessary. Ofcom has announced that it has launched an investigation into Musk's X platform over its AI tool Grok being used to create non-consensual sexualised images of women and children. Ministers have said they expect action within days. After unveiling the lowest homicide figures in ...

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This Question Can Change Your Life

I like to start the year with a few episodes on things I’m personally working on. Not resolutions, exactly. More like intentions. Or, even better, practices. One of those practices, strange as it sounds, is repeatedly asking the question: “What is this?” It’s a question I got from a book of the same name, by Stephen and Martine Batchelor. In that book, they are describing an approach to Buddhist meditation built on the cultivation of doubt and wonder. You can see that as a spiritual practice,...

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486. Does Maduro’s Capture Put Greenland at Risk?

Is Venezuela the start of something bigger? If this isn’t regime change, what does Trump actually want? And, has Trump just handed Putin a win? Join Rory and Alastair as they answer all these questions and more. The Rest Is Politics is The Rest Is Politics is .com/politics⁠ Instagram: @restispolitics Twitter: @restispolitics Email: therestispolitics@goalhanger.com

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