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Executive Editor for News and Global, Christianity Today. Chairman, Zenger House. Affiliations with Acton and Discovery Institutes. PCA elder. Red Sox fan.

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Marvin Olasky is an Acton Institute affiliate scholar and a Discovery Institute senior fellow. Among his 29 books are Prodigal Press, The Tragedy of American Compassion, Fighting for Liberty and Virtue, Compassionate Conservatism, Reforming Journalism, Lament for a Father, and The Story of Abortion in America. He has written 5,000 articles for World magazine and other publications including The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.

Olasky earned an A.B. from Yale University in 1971 and a …

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How Americans Got Away with Abortion Before 'Roe v. Wade'

How Americans Got Away with Abortion Before 'Roe v. Wade'

What does the history of abortion tell us to expect, now that the Supreme Court has decided to give states th…

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How Americans Got Away with Abortion Before 'Roe v. Wade'

How Americans Got Away with Abortion Before 'Roe v. Wade'

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‘You May Lose Half a Finger, But It’s an Experience’

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By Marvin Olasky Verified, Bonnie Kristian Verified
| Christianity Today Verified
In this series ”Alcohol use disorder,” to use the formal term, has always existed in America. It’s often hidden among the housed and visible among those on the streets—or half visible, as it was with Barry, a 50-year-old at the Watered Gardens homeless mission I visited on a reporting trip to Missouri. On a beautiful day when he was young, Barry told me, his mom abandoned him and his three siblings on a playground. From there, a ping-pong foster care childhood began.
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Olasky Books: George Washington was greater than Frederick the Great

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By Marvin Olasky Verified
| Discovery Institute
Jurgen Overhoff’s George Washington and Frederick the Great: Parallel Lives (Princeton, 2026) shows how two great leaders had different ethics of leadership that helped to create two different political cultures. Washington held himself accountable to Congress and saw the value of checks and balances: The US became a democratic republic. Frederick was an autocrat, and Prussia (which became the cornerstone of Germany) developed a rule-from-above polity that in the 20th century mutated into fascism.
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Died: Robert Sloan

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By Marvin Olasky Verified, Mia Staub
| Christianity Today Verified
Robert Sloan Jr., president of Houston Christian University, suffered a massive stroke and died on July 4 at age 77. Sloan played baseball as a Baylor University undergraduate in the late 1960s and was president of the university from 1995 to 2005.
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