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PART 1
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A Big Win for the Integrity of Christian Ministry and Christian Families as West Lafayette City Council Withdraws Proposed “Conversion Therapy” Ban

WEST LAFAYETTE JOURNAL AND COURIER (MARGARET CHRISTOPHERSON)
West Lafayette Leaders Condemn Conversion Therapy, Withdraw Proposed Ban

PART 2
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A Difference Can Still Be Made in the Public Square: How Faith Life Church Alerted Us About Ordinance 31-21 in Indiana — And What Christians Should Learn From the Example

PART 3
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The Allure of Spectacle and the Solidarity of Autocrats: Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin Send Message to West in Opening Ceremony of the 2022 Beijing Olympics

WALL STREET JOURNAL (THE EDITORIAL BOARD)
The Burner Phone Olympics

NEW YORK TIMES (STEVEN LEE MYERS AND ALAN BLINDER)
In Beijing, the Subject on Everybody’s Mind but Not Lips

NEW YORK TIMES (ALEXANDRA STEVENSON AND STEVEN LEE MYERS)
For Olympic Sponsors, ‘China Is an Exception’

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The Supreme Court Dodged the Transgender Question Again, But It Cannot Avoid the Issue Forever — And It’s a Problem of Its Own Making

PART 2
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California’s Game of Virtue Signaling and Moral Coercion: CA Bans State-Funded Travel to 5 More States—Now 17 Total—Because of LGBTQ-Related Policies

PART 3
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The Destruction of the English Language Continues: The F.A.A. Recommends That All Aviation Terminology Be Gender-Neutral

NEW YORK TIMES (ISABELLA GRULLóN PAZ)
F.A.A. Committee Recommends a Pivot to Gender-Neutral Terminology

PART 4
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Where Are Americans on the Issue of Abortion? Definitely Not Where the Abortion Rights Movement Claims

ASSOCIATED PRESS (DAVID CRARY AND HANNAH FINGERHUT)
Most say restrict abortion after 1st trimester

PART 5
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Critical Theory Invades the Tolkien Society: The Ruthless Army of Ideologues Comes for J.R.R. Tolkien’s Beloved Works

THE TOLKIEN SOCIETY
Tolkien Society Summer Seminar 2021

PART 6
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Apple Pie Is a Symbol of Genocide and Colonial Oppression? Deconstruction Now Comes After Your Dessert

THE GUARDIAN (RAJ PATEL)
Food injustice has deep roots: let’s start with America’s apple pie

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