In a recent New York Times column, David Brooks told a story that perfectly captured the divide between what I…
Two hundred years ago, three boys were born a few days apart in Germany, England, and the United States. All…
The withdrawal of Tom Daschle from consideration as health and human services secretary has been deemed a blow to the…
At the National Prayer Breakfast last week, President Obama seemed to signal that he has seen the light and is…
Nowadays, calling yourself a “born again Christian” might elicit disapproving looks and maybe even some snide comments. But there is…
In 1961, shortly after Israel put Adolf Eichmann on trial—“the architect of the Holocaust”—Yale psychologist Stanley Milgram began a series…
Yesterday, I told you that the science surrounding man-made global warming was hardly “settled.” I noted the skepticism of respected…
Did you know that the planet has been cooling since at least 2003? Or that the arctic ice cap is…
In a large open area of a Rwandan prison, Anglican Bishop John Rucyahana spoke to a crowd of killers responsible…
In his inaugural address, President Obama said he would “restore science to its rightful place, and wield technology’s wonders to…
