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  • The Oldest, Holiest Profession

    Posted Wednesday, July 30, 2008 4:47 PM By Nina Shen Rastogi

    The New Yorker has a fascinating piece this week about devadasis, sacred sex workers in India. It's not online, but it's worth checking out. Delhi-based journalist William Dalrymple (author of White Mughals ) focuses on two contemporary devadasis dedicated Read More...
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  • The Right Not To Do Your Job?

    Posted Thursday, July 17, 2008 12:50 PM By Emily Bazelon

    Most of the time, the Constitution doesn't let employers refuse to hire people on the basis of religious conviction. This has the comforting ring of a bedrock American freedom. But lately, it's being manipulated. First by pharmacists who say they refuse Read More...

  • Mrs. Blair's Baggage

    Posted Monday, May 12, 2008 11:48 PM By Melinda Henneberger

    Sometimes, the obvious is lost on me. Anne, I enjoyed your post about Cherie Blair's back-atcha memoir. But I wasn't sure what to make of what you wrote about her announcement that her fourth child was conceived at Balmoral Castle because she'd decided Read More...

  • Born-Agains are voting for WHOM????

    Posted Tuesday, February 05, 2008 11:26 AM By Hanna Rosin

    Barna Group, which regularly surveys the political mood of conservative Christians, just released one strange set of findings . According to thier latest poll: If the election were held today, most born-again voters would choose the Democratic nominee Read More...
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