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...President-elect’s recent selection of openly gay Episcopal bishop V. Gene Robinson to give an inaugural prayer suggests that his invitation to Warren is one of mere courtesy, not an endorsement of the evangelical leader’s political views. In fact, there may be a distinct policy perogative at stake—winning younger evangelicals over to a more progressive position on gay rights. And there is reason for such hope as, despite Biblical injunctions, younger evangelicals are becoming more liberal on these so-called “family-values” issues...

Author: By Rachel A. Stark | Title: A Post-Partisan Christianity | 1/15/2009 | See Source »

...Newly independent nations took on the white man's burden, however, and surpassed their former overlords' expectations. The target of Mill's doubt, India - with some 3,000 castes, 22 official languages and at least 10 distinct faiths - is the world's most populous democracy, despite the efforts of insurgents and religious extremists to derail it. Indeed, in the aftermath of the recent Mumbai terror attacks, the city did not erupt in sectarian riots as some had feared it would. Back in 1949, B.R. Ambedkar, the low-caste architect of India's constitution, called democracy "topdressing on Indian soil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Asia's Dithering Democracies | 1/1/2009 | See Source »

...been a long-standing New York tradition, for one thing. It's a celebration of the new year; it's a way to celebrate Coney Island; it's a way of breaking away from the past year. This is an activity that's so different and so distinct from what we normally do in our everyday lives that it's a very cathartic and cleansing experience. We all have stress, we know that - job, relationships, pressures; everyone's got that. And I guarantee you that once you're in that water, all that stuff disappears. You cannot think or worry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coney Island's Human Polar Bear | 1/1/2009 | See Source »

...sides have been distinct: breast-feeding advocates insist that women should be able to nurse anytime, anyplace, while opponents use words like discretion and discomfort. But the latest battle apparently has nothing to do with the best way to nourish a baby or the boundaries between private and public. It's about the nipples, stupid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Facebook's War on Nipples | 12/31/2008 | See Source »

Madoff investors appear to break down into two distinct camps: the "I-know-Bernies" and "Who's-Bernies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Is Bernie Madoff? Many Investors Didn't Ask | 12/23/2008 | See Source »

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