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Julia Duin

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Julia Duin was a reporter for The Washington Times.

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King niece angry at Tiller-MLK comparison

A comparison made Monday between the assassination of Martin Luther King and the murder of late-term abortion provider Dr. George Tiller has one relative of the slain civil rights leader outraged.

June 9, 2009

Doctor likens Tiller’s killing to MLK’s

Dr. LeRoy Carhart, one of the nation's few providers of late-term abortions, called on the federal government to treat as hate crimes all activities by "anti-choice domestic terrorists," compared the slain Dr. George Tiller to Martin Luther King and said planting crosses was equivalent to actions by the Ku Klux Klan.

June 9, 2009

Abortion doctor: Tiller killing a hate crime

Nebraska abortion doctor LeRoy Carhart called on the federal government Monday to treat all activities by "anti-choice domestic terrorists" as hate crimes after last week's fatal shooting of Dr. George Tiller.

June 8, 2009

Episcopalians’ budget takes hit

The Episcopal Diocese of Washington has drastically revised its 2009 budget, largely because of paltry giving from the bulk of its congregations plus a drop in its investment income.

June 8, 2009

DUIN: Book asks God hard questions

Every so often one reads a book in which you just know the author totally gets it. Such is Susan Isaacs' "Angry Conversations With God: A Snarky But Authentic Spiritual Memoir."

June 4, 2009

Catholic lawyers debate Obama abortion policy

Two Catholic lawyers went head-to-head Thursday night on whether the Obama administration has any common ground with the pro-life movement and came down on opposing sides on the goals of the new president.

May 29, 2009

Vatican pick a mystery from the left

Miguel Diaz, the Obama administration's new nominee for ambassador to the Vatican, is a theologian celebrated by the Catholic left but an unknown to many conservative Catholics.

May 29, 2009

Catholic lawyers debate Obama’s abortion stance

Two Catholic lawyers went head-to-head Thursday night on whether the Obama administration has any common ground with the pro-life movement and came down on opposing sides on the goals of the new president.

May 28, 2009

Gay leaders counsel against federal suits

A split among pro-gay groups occurred Wednesday as a coalition of nine prominent national groups cautioned allies against going to federal courts to challenge California's Proposition 8, though two couples already have filed a lawsuit challenging the amendment as a violation of the U.S. Constitution.

May 28, 2009

DUIN: Islam spreads in prisons

At least two of the Muslim ex-convicts arrested last week in the Bronx on charges of planning to bomb synagogues and shoot down airplanes came to Islam while in prison.

May 28, 2009

Sotomayor would be court’s 6th Catholic

If confirmed for the U.S. Supreme Court, federal appeals court Judge Sonia Sotomayor would be the sixth Catholic to sit on a bench that, before the current crop of justices, had featured only six Catholics in its entire history.

May 27, 2009

DUIN: Spiritual heritage of U.S. diverse

While hanging out at National Prayer Day celebrations earlier this month, I got a copy of House Resolution 397, designating the first week in May as "America's Spiritual Heritage Week."

May 24, 2009

DUIN: The ‘common ground’ myth

Unfortunately I was out last week because of shoulder surgery and was only able to observe l'affaire Notre Dame from my living room couch.

May 21, 2009

DUIN: Marriage as a Mormon value

Anyone wonder why the Mormons do so well at marrying off their young? I learned why last Sunday when I dropped by the ward in Chevy Chase, a brick building on Western Avenue.

May 14, 2009