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The Scarlet Letter

Thanksgiving: Puritans, Pilgrims, and Sexual Obsession

Dan Agin | Posted 11.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Sexuality, Social Tyranny, Marriage, Darwin, The Scarlet Letter, Living News
Dan Agin

The idea that the Puritans (and Pilgrims) suffered from religious persecution in England is probably a myth. What they suffered from was unease at the general licentiousness of English life.

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Service Members, Vets, and Families Marching for Justice

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 07.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Deferments, Doma, Enda, The Scarlet Letter, President Obama, Obama-Dadt, Military Draft, Senator Reid, Rep. Alcee L. Hastings, National Guard, Victor Fehrenbach, Stonewall Riots, Steny Hoyer, Vietnam, Hester Prynne, Rachel Maddow, White House March, Nancy Pelosi, Politics News
Aubrey Sarvis

The protests against these shameful, archaic rules are growing louder by the day among progressives of all stripes, gay and straight.

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John Edwards, George Washington and Hypocrisy

Giles Slade | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Adultery, George Washington, David Paterson, Changing Values, The Scarlet Letter, George W. Bush, Hypocrisy, John Edwards, Integrity, Eliot Spitzer, Richard. M. Nixon, Politics News
Giles Slade

The central issue in John Edwards downfall was his hypocrisy. And thank God! In our morally-relaxed universe, hypocrisy is still an unforgivable s...

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