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...Guns aren't moral agents, they're machines-elegant, superbly efficient, made to fit the human hand. I now think it entirely possible that the American gunsmith John Moses Browning "sitteth," as his admirers say, "at the right hand of God." Shooting for sport isn't, as I once thought, the desperate outlet of sad Hemingway types, but a fiendishly difficult art. As Peter, a former naval officer, says, "It's got all the Zen you could want." Trying to hit a bullseye smaller than a saucer from a distance of 100 m or more-and do it over...
...divorce,” and divorce is much more prevalent. Though I recognize that the focus of the article is neither of these issues, I disagree with the characterization of divorce (and homosexuality, for that matter) as sinful. Divorce should not be viewed as a transgression against a moral code. Even if your desire is to protect the sanctity of marriage, a bad marriage is a much greater threat to that concept than divorce is. Though unfortunate and trying, divorce can lead to better life outcomes both for divorcees and for their children. Moreover, the characterization of divorce...
...Aesopic moral to this story might be: Canadians are at their best when they’re in Canada. Or to put it broadly: if your real aim is charity, endeavor to make a difference where you best can, where others may not have looked, where your efforts will not go to waste...
Will Johnston’s thoughtful, nuanced piece on Whole Foods founder John Mackey (“Libertarian Environmentalist?” op-ed, May 3) gave an all-too-rare perspective on an important matter of moral preference: environmentally friendly goods and services. Though libertarians do not endorse using the coercive force of laws to make people kind or moral or environmentally conscience, they often hold very strong personal moral views...
Rush Limbaugh recently called the Democrats the "party of death" because of many Democrats' view that some moral decisions, like the choice to have a first-trimester abortion, should be left to the individual, not the cops. Ann Coulter, with her usual subtlety, simply calls her political opponents "godless," the title of her new book. And the largely nonreligious media have taken the bait. The "Christian" vote has become shorthand in journalism for the Republican base...