Francis Galton, the father of eugenics and, perhaps not-so-coincidentally, Charles Darwin’s cousin, hypothesized that monarchs should live longer than other…
One new book shows how teenage sexual activity can affect the brain. It’s not good news, but it’s yet one…
Back in 2007, the New York Times famously proclaimed that the evangelical movement in America was cracking up. Since then,…
Yesterday, I told you about a Lenten “carbon fast” proposed by two Anglican bishops. I am, to put it politely,…
“Can a country known for radical brutality become a country known for an even more radical forgiveness?” That’s the question…
Western Christians, both Protestants and Catholics, are currently observing Lent, the 40-day season preceding Easter. Through self-denial, alms-giving, and prayer,…
It’s bad enough to kill your parents. It’s another thing altogether to write a book about it. In his new…
There’s a manual which provides mental health professionals with “diagnostic criteria for mental disorders.” I suggest that the manual should…
As I have said on BreakPoint before, for many people environmentalism occupies the same place traditionally occupied by more conventional…
President Obama continues to fill out his Cabinet and sub-Cabinet positions. These are the officials who really run the U.S.…
