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War of Cultures

Stanley Kurtz

It’s a cold day in May when I think someone is exaggerating the significance of America’s culture war. Usually the…

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National Review Online / February 14, 2007

Angry Talk

Stanley Kurtz

So the Democrats won the election. Is there any less anger in our politics for that? Not as far as…

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National Review Online / January 2, 2007

The Blame Game

Stanley Kurtz

In several posts over at Talking Points Memo (here, here, and here)  Josh Marshall claims that I’m trying to blame the…

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National Review Online / December 1, 2006

Democracy Illusions

Stanley Kurtz

Bad news.  Very bad news.  I really don’t think news articles get much more discouraging than this one and this…

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National Review Online / November 28, 2006

Doves Fly Toward Iran

Stanley Kurtz

Increasingly, it looks as though the United States may attempt to negotiate a “grand bargain” with Iran. To settle our…

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National Review Online / November 13, 2006

Marriage Wins

Stanley Kurtz

With the important exception of Arizona, 2006 was an excellent election for those who believe that marriage is the union…

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National Review Online / November 8, 2006

Marriage Politics

Stanley Kurtz

What can we say about the effect of the same-sex marriage issue on the election? That will likely clarify a…

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National Review Online / November 8, 2006

The Confession

Stanley Kurtz

Suppose a large group of same-sex-marriage activists came together and made the following confession to a group of same-sex-marriage skeptics:…

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National Review Online / October 31, 2006

The Confession II

Stanley Kurtz

**This is the second of a two-part essay. Click here to read the first part.** In his well-received 1997 book…

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National Review Online / November 1, 2006

Avoidance Strategy

Stanley Kurtz

On multiple occasions, I’ve rebutted claims by William Eskridge and Darren Spedale that European marriage is flourishing under the impact…

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National Review Online / October 30, 2006

Marriage Back on the Table

Stanley Kurtz

<msoNormal$3>Yesterday the New Jersey supreme court ruled in favor of same-sex marriage, or its equivalent, just without the name “marriage.”…

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National Review Online / October 26, 2006

Are You a Ned Lamont Republican?

Stanley Kurtz

Are we turning into the Ned Lamont Republicans? No, I’m not talking about Republicans racing for the exits in Iraq….

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National Review Online / October 25, 2006