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Jul 4, 2025
The loose amalgam of colonial regiments besieging Boston in mid-June, 1775, were under no formal, congressional command. That changed on June 14th, when Congress took charge of the...
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Jul 4, 2025
Among Karen Wright’s pleasing attributes is that she may have a keener interest in Independence Day than most. Why might that be? Well, it can be hard to keep track. After all,...
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Apr 18, 2025
For years it sat atop my grandfather’s dresser in his Bronx house on East 236th Street, haunting and a bit of a misfit: The crucifix is elaborate, essentially a story,...
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Apr 11, 2025
Dear Intelligent American,
Maybe this missive gets a little too religious—liturgical—for some, and if that applies to you then please be patient, because there he...
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Mar 5, 2025
In the prolonged spiritual and penitential season now calling to Christians, the from-antiquity practice of alms-giving—by tradition and teaching, with prayer and fasting, one...
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Jan 31, 2025
New data from American Bible Society’s “State of the Bible” report outlines a surprising—and in many instances, encouraging—series of trends...
