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New Oxford Notes: January-February 2015

War on Christmas? Never Happened!

The most convincing evidence that the war on Christmas has been won comes by way of media commentators who say the concept was just invented by conservatives.

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Eugenics in the USA: Black Life, White Justice

Justice Ginsburg, a powerful abortion advocate, has been working for 20 years to reduce those populations she doesn't "want to have too many of."

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Jesus in the Dictionary

The New Shorter OED's entry calls Him "the central figure of the Christian faith, a Jewish preacher (c 5 BC - c 30 AD) regarded by his followers as the Son of God and God incarnate."

Physician, Heal Thyself

An enormous irony shadows us throughout life: our capacity, our willingness even, to talk one line and live another — like the policeman caught stealing, the lawyer who breaks the law.

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