New Atheism: Missing the Point
There are difficult and complex parts of the human experience that neither science nor even the most basic comforts can address.
On the Newsstand:Christianity
Not Another Tebow Article
The religious intolerance that Tim Tebow elicits is obviously misplaced, but so are many of the story-lines surrounding the Evangelical quarterback.
A Lebanese Angle on the Rima Fakih Story
Apart from being an excellent excuse to boost web traffic with pictures of bikini-clad women (cf. The Huffington Post), you may not have seen Lebanese journalist Hanin Ghaddar’s very interesting article last week in Foreign Policy comparing American and Lebanese reactions to the Rima Fakih story. In America: Not many people — let along beauty pageant winners — have been accused ... Read More
Religion in America?
America has long had a complex, almost schizophrenic attitude towards religion.
To Build an Empire
Tolerance and hyperpowers History often remembers empires as power-hungry, violent aggressors that conquer at the expense of victim nations. In Day of Empire, Amy Chua uses case studies of empires of the past, present, and future (such as Rome, America, and potentially, countries like India) as well as failed “hyperpowers” (such as Nazi Germany) to challenge this understanding of empires ... Read More
The Original Culture War
Rewriting the history of the Civil War
The Ties that Bind
Bush, Evangelicals, and the Republican PartyBy Ray Duer ‘11 Coming on the heels of President Clinton’s scandal-ridden second term, and campaigning in 2000 as a “compassionate conservative” with the promise of a return of moral fortitude to the Oval Office, George W. Bush won the heart of one of America’s most powerful voting blocs, Protestant Evangelicals. In 2004 family values ... Read More
