Latest articles by Damon Linker
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How Pope Francis is stealthily reforming the most conservative institution on Earth
opinion If you want to institute sweeping change in a deeply conservative institution, maybe the best approach is not to alter the rules, but simply to stop enforcing them
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The Catholic Church divided against itself
opinion What's really at stake in the Synod on the Family
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Taylor Swift and the rise of robot music
feature Even perfection has its flaws
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Professor, heal thyself: In praise of the college lecture
opinion Why higher education will always require a professor pronouncing authoritatively from a lectern
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Do secular Americans secretly pine for religion?
opinion Even atheists have a spiritual side. Does this reveal a deep-rooted predilection for religion?
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In praise of California's new assisted-suicide law
opinion Gov. Jerry Brown was right to sign into law a bill that will ease the suffering of the terminally ill
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Men and mass murder: What gender tells us about America's epidemic of gun violence
opinion Nearly all mass murders are committed by men
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Putin isn't humiliating Obama in Syria. He's doing the U.S. a favor.
opinion Recent years have shown that the U.S. is just not very good at establishing order in war-torn countries. Maybe the Russians can do a better job.
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Why liberals should support banning late-term abortions
opinion By taking a maximal position on abortion, liberals are endangering their own cause
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Why conservatives are going nuclear on Pope Francis
opinion The right is lashing out at the pope on the eve of his first visit to the U.S.
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By taking in so many refugees, Europe is flirting with disaster
opinion Europe already has a big immigration problem. Taking in tens of thousands of refugees won't help.
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What The New Yorker doesn't get about religion
opinion The unscientific atheism of physicist Lawrence Krauss
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Stop calling Kim Davis a hypocrite
opinion There is a reason we say that hypocrisy is the compliment that vice pays to virtue
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How Pope Francis is perpetuating the Catholic Church's radical anti-abortion position
opinion The pope's recent declaration on the subject in no way addresses an injustice that lies at the heart of the church
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The real reason hawks hate the Iran nuclear deal
opinion It's not because of the technical details of the pact...
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Love and sex in the age of Tinder
opinion Welcome to a world in which sex has been completely disconnected from norms of fidelity and courtship
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The moderate's defense of abortion rights: A reply to Ross Douthat on Planned Parenthood
opinion The extreme position of the pro-life movement is simply not a reasonable response to the complicated moral reality of abortion
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Do American cops have a race problem? Or a class problem?
opinion The data shows that blacks are hardly the only victims of aggressive police forces
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The glaring hypocrisy of the pro-life movement
opinion If pro-lifers are serious about reducing abortions, why don't they support more birth control?
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Ta-Nehisi Coates' case against American exceptionalism
opinion Coates' admirers would insulate him from criticism. But his extraordinary book is better served by a more rigorous engagement.
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How we can use the Planned Parenthood video to start a better, less extreme debate about abortion
opinion The scandal shows the perils of a national argument that deals only in absolutes
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Taxing churches is a form of religious persecution — and liberals need to stand against it
opinion In the wake of the Supreme Court's landmark decision on gay marriage, churches are in danger of losing their tax-exempt status
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5 great non-corny songs about America
feature A soundtrack for Independence Day that mixes its celebration of America with a dash of skepticism
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No, your brain isn't a computer
opinion The workings of the brain are far more wondrous than those of a MacBook Pro
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