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The Religious Language In U.S. Foreign Policy

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Historian Andrew Preston says George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton were not religious themselves but did see religion as a source of morality.

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Originally published on Tue July 31, 2012 10:10 am

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Historian Andrew Preston first became interested in the overlap between religion and America's foreign policy decisions while teaching an undergraduate class on American foreign policy in the days leading up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

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Tue February 21, 2012

Convenient Methods For Birth Control Take More Work For Payment

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By Michelle Andrews

Free contraception has sure been a hot topic lately. But there's still one facet that hasn't received much attention.

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Tue February 21, 2012

How Companies Are 'Defining Your Worth' Online

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Joseph Turow is a professor at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Originally published on Wed February 22, 2012 11:01 am

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One of the fastest-growing online businesses is the business of spying on Internet users. Using sophisticated software that tracks people's online movements through the Web, companies collect the information and sell it to advertisers.

Every time you click a link, fill out a form or visit a website, advertisers are working to collect personal information about you, says Joseph Turow, a professor at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. They then target ads to you based on that information.

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Tue February 21, 2012

U.S. General Apologizes To 'Noble People Of Afghanistan' For Quran Burnings

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An Afghan demonstrator holds a copy of a half-burnt Quran, allegedly set on fire by soldiers at Bagram Air Field, during a protest outside the base today.

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Tue February 21, 2012