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May 11-17, 1989
Vol. 18, No. 30
News & Politics
Feature
Babies Wanted
Childless couples seek alternatives to traditional agency adoption.
by Bryan Miller
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Resurrection Science
by Eugene L. Mahoney
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Further Discussion of Futurists and Fascism
by Lionel Bottari
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And Now, Jesus Mail
by Dan Plovanich
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by Monty Jenkins
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by Herb Metzler
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by Joseph Bridwell
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If You Knew Jesus . . .
by Rock Schuler
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The Church of Social Control
by Sam P. Karr
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Skinhead Lackeys
by name withheld
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Error of the Week
by The editors
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What Color Is Creole?
by Mara Scudder
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Defile the Dead
by Christine Kintner
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Capsule Criticism
by Christina Athanasiades
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The Sacrament of Sacred Desecration
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On Faith
by Bradley S. Hauff
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33 Martyred Popes Can't Be Wrong
by Elizabeth Larsen
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Let Jesus Be Jewish
by Louis A. Berman
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Department of Misunderstood Artistic Endeavors
by Timothy J. Noworyta
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by Murrey Jacobson
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