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As a Christian, there is no other part of the New Right ideology that concerns me more than its self-serving misuse of religious faith.


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MARK ZANDI I'm nutty bunny number two. I love me and I love you.
MARK MCKINNEY Too-easy credit and millions of bad loans made during the U.S. housing bubble paved the way for the ...
MARK ZANDI James Cagney, Steve McQueen, I loved all those guys. I grew up loving the movies but had no desire t...
MARK WAHLBERG There's a certain way you stand to give yourself authority, which gives you the texture for the ...
MARK GODDARD I couldn't have left my career as an actor on a better note than to have done a cameo in the Los...
MARK GODDARD I vaguely remember in the '90s when Calvin Klein started making unisex CK1. Don't worry abou...
MARK RONSON Well, right now we're so busy that I kind of had to put all the hobbies on hold. But I like goin...
MARK KELLY I have traveled down this path before - 'List of Seven' and 'Twin Peaks' both have t...
MARK FROST