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Four nuclear reactors hit a big milestone in the US

I was really looking forward to July 4, and not just because I love a poolside barbecue. This year the American holiday also marked a big symbolic deadline for US nuclear power. Last year the Trump administration set a goal to see three new microreactors achieve criticality, a technical milestone establishing that a reactor can…

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Politics

How Trump Betrayed the Pro-Life Movement

Several weeks after the 2016 election, Marjorie Dannenfelser received a voicemail from President-Elect Donald J. Trump. Her organization, the Susan B. Anthony List, had knocked on over a million. The post How Trump Betrayed the Pro-Life Movement appeared first on First Things

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Culture

Prisoners of Our Own Devices

To Arrive Where We Started:Belonging in the Modern World by ian marcus corbinyale university press, 200 pages, $32.50 Ian Marcus Corbin’s new book, To Arrive Where We Started, offers a. The post Prisoners of Our Own Devices appeared first on First Things

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The Savage Sanctity of Sigrid Undset

When I traveled to Norway for the first time, I was already a devoted reader of Sigrid Undset and in awe of her courage and character. A Nobel laureate. The post The Savage Sanctity of Sigrid Undset appeared first on First Things

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