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RANDY ALCORN: The perversity of unquestioning adherence to religion

Not being a man of faith affiliated with any church or religion may rule out the notion of my eternity, but it does afford a perspective on the here and now that is unclouded by ecclesiastical doctrines derived from interpretations …

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RANDY ALCORN: Where are the true conservatives?

The Republican presidential primary process has successfully plumbed new depths of disgust in American politics. The parade of Neanderthals that keeps emerging from the back of the party’s

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RANDY ALCORN: A golden shower before burial is mild retribution

I’m shocked, shocked to learn that American marines fighting in Afghanistan urinated on enemy corpses. Just as I was shocked to learn that American troops tortured and humiliated

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RANDY ALCORN: America, the fading country

For those who see America as a place—you know, amber waves of grain and purple mountains majesty—the country is still there, though somewhat overexploited and  overcrowded. But, for

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RANDY ALCORN: How would Jesus address the nation’s inequitable economic situation?

For many folks, the joy and excitement that marks the holiday season is now muted, replaced by anxiety and apprehension over a persistent and deep economic recession that

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RANDY ALCORN: Political ideology destroying the country

The failure of the congressional super committee to agree on a plan to reduce the federal deficit, now $15 trillion, is the latest indication that our troubled nation

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RANDY ALCORN: The Penn State pedophilia and a culture of deceit

The Penn State pedophilia debacle is the latest version of an old story—heinous immorality covered up and allowed to continue by people who abrogated moral responsibility. How could

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Bad cops: Badges can allow ‘thugs’ to bully the people

There have always been incidents of police misconduct in this country, but today the police seem to be increasingly arrogant and abusive, perhaps because now ubiquitous personal technology

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RIGHT ON TARGET: Government should be elected not purchased

At a park last week, I happened to overhear a group of senior women sharing stories about their childhoods. They had grown up in the 1930s and 1940s

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RIGHT ON TARGET: Political boneheads and idealogical idiots are destroying the country

October’s Occupy Wall Street protests have metastasized and threaten to evolve from localized, inchoate demonstrations into a national political movement similar to the Tea Party phenomenon.The protesters refer