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How Many Constitutions Can Liberals Have?
America’s Unwritten Constitution: The Precedents and Principles We Live By By Akhil Reed Amar (Basic Books, 615 pp., $29.99) READ MORE >>
Yes, Sun Myung Moon Was a Messiah. No, He Won’t Be Resurrected.
A Close Look at How Evangelicals Communicate With God
When God Talks Back: Understanding the American Evangelical Relationship with GodBy T.M. Luhrmann (Knopf, 434 pp., $28.95) READ MORE >>
A Unified Theory of Romney Tax-Stubbornness
The latest journalist to press Mitt Romney on his tax returns is the ultra-resourceful Josh Tyrangiel of Businessweek. Here’s how he cleverly posed the question in a recent interview: READ MORE >>
Undefeated
THE GREAT THEORIST Leszek Kolakowski once told the following parable: Two girls are racing in a park. The one behind cries at the top of her lungs, “I’m winning! I’m winning!” Suddenly, the girl in the lead quits the race and sobs into her mother’s arms: “There’s no way to beat her. She always wins.” READ MORE >>
Confessions of an Ex-Mormon
Before 2013 begins, catch up on the best of 2012. From now until the New Year, we will be re-posting some of The New Republic’s most thought-provoking pieces of the year. Enjoy. READ MORE >>
The Jew Who Would Be God
The Jewish Gospels: The Story of the Jewish Christ By Daniel Boyarin (New Press, 200 pp., $21.95) READ MORE >>
