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“Do Shamans Have More Sex?”

July 29, 2009

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“The Bible’s Vindication of Obama’s Middle East Strategy”

June 8, 2009

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“Why the ‘New Atheists’ Are Right-Wing on Foreign Policy”

July 13, 2009

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    A Grand Bargain Over Evolution (2009)

    Decoding God’s Changing Moods (2009)

    One World, Under God (2009)

    An American Foreign Policy That Both Realists and Idealists Should Fall in Love With (2006)

    Two Years Later, a Thousand Years Ago (2003)

    A Real War on Terrorism (2002)

    Will Globalization Make You Happy? (2000)

    The Web We Weave (1999)

    The Accidental Creationist (1999)

    Private Eyes (1999)

    We’re All One-Worlders Now (1997)

    Go Ahead—Sleep With Your Kids (1997)

    The Absurdity of Family Love (1997)

    Can Machines Think? (1996)

    Be Very Afraid (1995)

    Did the Universe Just Happen? (1988)

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