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Are taxpayers paying to pray the gay away?
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Accountability needed in Morris case
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Trump, the Reality Edition
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Welcome to Fentanyldelphia
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A glimpse inside Mazzoni Center
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The Internet did not create trans people
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Lazy Labor Day column
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Cardinal Raymond Burke
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Moving forward
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The Church’s child-rape problem
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Brett Kavanaugh
Imagine that you are applying for a job. Your prospective employer asks to see a resume, references and a cover letter laying out how...
Mazzoni mess
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Tariffs hurt journalism
By now, with all his lying, you must be immune to Trump’s shrieks about fake news and know that publications like the New York...
Voter suppression
They say if you don’t vote, you can’t complain. This is actually not true. You can complain all you want. Especially if you’re someone...
More church abuses
This week, the report from the grand jury tasked with investigating allegations of sexual abuse at six Pennsylvania Catholic dioceses was released, detailing the...
LGBT commission makes history — again
History is repeating itself 42 years later. That’s where my thoughts were as Jason and I were on Amtrak on our way to a...
Jeff Sessions
We have an executive branch bursting at the seams with corruption. We have a man-baby tyrant as “president,” likely installed by Russia. We have...
Shots fired
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