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Educating for Democracy: Does a President Have to Have a Religion?

Joel Shatzky | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joel Shatzky

Why is it necessary for a president not only to have to "prove" his religious beliefs but have them at all? Does being a "believer" make a president that much more likely to be a good leader?

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The Celebration of a Progressive Holiday

Mike Lux | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mike Lux

Progressives should take special pride in this holiday, for it was the ultimate achievement of progressive values that brought us this day.

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