The Roman Catholic Church has a new pope, and it didn’t take the papal conclave long to make it happen. On the fourth ballot, taken in the grandeur of...
In normal times, an institution like Harvard University thrives on publicity. Then again, these are not normal times. Harvard may be the most elite br...
Can a revolution come down to a pill? Over the past century, tidal waves of moral revolution have transformed society and reshaped our moral landscape...
Pope Francis, considered by Roman Catholic dogma to be Vicar of Christ, Successor of the Prince of the Apostles, Patriarch of the West, Bishop of Rome...
In today's commentary, "The Ties That No Longer Bind? Marriage and the Virtue of Loyalty," I look at James Q. Wilson's article published in the current issue of In Character. Wilson makes a compelling argument for the essential link between loyalty a ...
Alan Cooperman of The Washington Post reports Wednesday that the federal government will pay for the rebuilding of "parochial schools, nursing homes and similar religious institutions," but not for the rebuilding of church buildings used for worship. ...
Patricia E. Bauer, a former reporter and bureau chief for The Washington Post, warns that prenatal testing techniques have shifted the medical question from an ability to abort babies judged to be defective to a duty to abort. She's right of course, ...
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has announced plans to evict all New Tribes Mission personnel from the South American nation, describing the missionary group as "a true imperialist infiltration that makes me ashamed." According to the BBC: "The New ...
Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle has vetoed a bill that would have expanded that state's medical conscience clause to allow medical professionals to "opt out" of participating in certain medical procedures such as removing a patient's feeding tube or usi ...
Two possible breakthroughs in human stem cell research were announced Sunday in Nature, one of the world's most respected scientific journals. In "'Ethical' Routes to Stem Cells highlight Political Divide," Erika Check and Carina Dennis report that s ...
The Swedish Academy announced Thursday that the 2005 Nobel Prize in Literature had been awarded to British playwright Harold Pinter. The Academy released a statement explaining that "Harold Pinter is generally seen as the foremost representative of B ...
Ronald Aronson offers an interesting review essay in the current issue of BookForum. The topic is atheism and Aronson thinks that "it is irreligion, and not religion, that is on the defensive today." Nearly forty years after TIME's famous cover that ...
Margaret Thatcher turns 80 today, and the world is reminded once again of her courage, strength of character, and statecraft. In London, a large birthday party is planned, and the Queen is expected to attend (an unusual recognition of Lady Thatcher's ...
Architecture critic Witold Rybczynski offers an essay and slide show on modern megachurches at Slate.com. The photography is striking, but Rbyczynski's definition of megachurch has everything to do with the size of the building -- not theology (the n ...