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Marriage: mental and physical health benefits

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January 4, 2012
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“The evidence of a positive effect of marriage on specific health outcomes is compelling.”
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Tax cuts and smaller government lift Canada

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January 1, 2012
A composite image showing a globe focused on Canada, and Prime Minister Stephen Harper

It's not just that Canada's conservative government favors makers over takers. Harper's also wildly popular for shrinking government.
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Which is the most generous country in the world?

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December 31, 2011
A poor box in St Deny's church, Sleaford, Lincs (detail). © Richard Croft, Geograph. Used under licence.

However, that's not really measuring which country is the most charitable. It's in fact measuring which governments are most charitable with the citizenry's money.
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Margaret Thatcher: Never hesitate to do whatever you can, for you may save a life

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December 29, 2011
Baroness Thatcher, Prime Minister of the UK from 1979-1990

The woman who reshaped British politics and served as prime minister from 1979 to 1990 often said that her greatest accomplishment was helping save a young Austrian girl from the Nazis.
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The intact family: benefits for adults and children

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December 28, 2011
All Night Vigil at a Russian convent

Children in intact families fare better in school, exhibit fewer behavioral problems, and are more likely to form healthy romantic relationships as adults.
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Belarus and the civilization of love and life

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December 27, 2011
The church of St Boris and St Gleb (12th century) in Grodno, Belarus

A recent newsletter reports plans to open crisis several crisis pregnancy centres, pro-life motor-rallies in three cities (Vitebsk, Mogilev and Brest), participation at the World Demographical Summit in Moscow and the hosting of pro-life seminars for families.
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Higher taxes lead to more spending, bigger government, and more red ink

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December 27, 2011
The Palace of Westminster, London (the home of the Houses of Parliament)

We know from historical experience that higher taxes encourage more spending and slow economic growth, and the combination of those two factors leads to more red ink.
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They would have religion thrown aside

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December 25, 2011
Queen Elizabeth II during recording for her Christmas Broadcast, 1957 (the first by television)

We will certainly lose the trust and respect of the world if we just abandon those fundamental principles which guided the men and women who built the greatness of this country.
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Are families really happier now?

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December 23, 2011
A marriage bouquet

Every survey shows family outcomes, particularly for children, are better within married families than looser structures.
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Has our national character become so degraded?

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December 22, 2011
A still image from a movie of Charles Dickens’s “Oliver Twist”

At what point do we simply cease to be a society of free individuals, and instead become little more than wards of the state?
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