Britain has a new party leader... America sees trouble in old media... Breakdown of order in Afghanistan... A breakdown of sanity in Congress... And a breakdown of accountability in the church ...
There is ample documentation to prove that boys are falling behind in reading skills at virtually every age level. In many cases, boys are semi-literate at best, and many never develop adequate reading skills. They never know the pleasures of a book. ...
James H. Billington, the nation's Librarian of Congress, writes in today's edition of The Washington Post about the survival of books. The occasion is the 10th anniversary of the National Book Festival on Saturday. As the day approaches, Billington a ...
Bob Woodward writes a new book... Ahmadinejad prompts a walk out at the United Nations... Americans still read books... But not so many boys... Evangelicals experience an adoption season... And Christianity Today looks at hipster Christianity ...
The great moral revolution on the issue of homosexuality collides with the total surrender of a liberal denomination, and the result is the church's apology for having once stood on biblical grounds. That was the picture just a few days ago, when the ...
One of the illusions of modernist thinking is that religious beliefs can be sanitized and separated from public life. The experience of humanity disproves that theory, but it nevertheless remains something of a sacred precept within the intellectual ...
Newsweek Redefines Masculinity... The Courts take on Gay Rights... Women take over the Swiss Government... A Church apologizes for doing its Job... And a debate over Urinary Segregation ...
"We've arrived at another crossroads," declares Newsweek -- and this one represents a crisis for masculinity. As the magazine's current cover story asserts, "The prevailing codes of manhood have yet to adjust to the changing demands on men." With thi ...
The publication this week of White House Diary, the edited diary entries of former President Jimmy Carter, is a signal event in the publishing world. The book really is as interesting as expected, and much is revealed about Jimmy Carter and his times ...