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Articles by Stephen Dinan

Shelby County, Tenn., Mayor Lee Harris, seated at desk, holds up a letter reaffirming Tennessee's largest county's commitment to keep resettling refugees on Friday, Jan. 3, 2020, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz)

Governors buck Trump on denying refugees

America's governors have overwhelmingly refused President Trump's offer to exercise a veto over new refugees being sent to their states, in what activists say is a stunning and heartening affirmation of the Statue of Liberty.

January 6, 2020
Census forms will be sent out in March, and the official census day is scheduled for April 1. Census Bureau officials say they have ways of dealing with partial answers, such as follow-up calls or visits and using other records or "statistical methodology." (Associated Press/File) **FILE**

2020 census questions unnerve Americans

The groans must have been audible at the Census Bureau two years ago when then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions, testifying to Congress, told Americans they could skip any questions they don't like.

January 1, 2020
A biennial survey of Americans’ attitudes about theology revealed great uncertainty in many areas, even among evangelicals, a group long known for strict adherence to core Christian tenets. (Associated Press)

Losing our Religion: America becoming ‘pagan’ as Christianity cedes to culture

The Rev. Stephen M. Koeth, a Catholic priest and Ph.D. history candidate at Columbia University, was teaching a class one of Martin Luther King Jr.'s sermons that mentioned the road to Jericho. He found it striking that none of the students got the reference to the road, which is where the parable of the Good Samaritan takes place.

December 30, 2019