Tel Aviv University archaeologist Israel Finkelstein argues that the kingdom of David and Solomon is a greatly embellished biblical fiction. Jerusalem, he argues, was a cow town, a "hill country village." David was an insurrectionist and bandit whose ...
One of the most important principles of Christian thinking is the recognition that there is no stance of intellectual neutrality. No human being is capable of achieving a process of thought that requires no presuppositions, assumptions, or inherited ...
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In Sunday's edition of The New York Times -- the front page, no less -- reporter Paul Vitello writes about "a surprisingly fierce debate in the gentle world of yoga." Well, welcome to my world. My last few weeks have been heavy into "fierce debate" a ...
"When an institution so central to human experience suddenly changes shape in the space of a generation or two, it's worth trying to figure out why." Belinda Luscombe of TIME magazine made that observation in the course of reporting on a major study ...
Two South Korean civilians died in attack by North Korea... Lessons of Hate at Islamic Schools in Britain... Thanksgiving as an Online Shopping Holiday... And Black Friday creeps into Thanksgiving ...
Culture War Brewing within Tea Party?... North Korea shells South in fiercest attack in decades... A flawed Faith-based fix... North Korea Nuclear fears grow... Divided we eat... And from fast food to fine dining, business is up at restaurants ...
Who needs Marriage? A Changing Institution... Reflections on Loss and Acceptance from those swept out of Congress... Christmas marketing started in October... Colonel Roosevelt... Autobiography of Mark Twain... And Scientists propose one-way trips to ...
Nearly 40 percent say marriage is becoming obsolete... Italy's Political Houdini May Not Escape This Time... A Lucky Few, This Band of Brothers, and the less Blood Shed the Better... The Stonewall Book Awards... And Germany Tightens Security Over Ter ...