Russian scientists have managed to grow a plant from 32,000 year old seeds that had been buried by an Ice-Age squirrel. (Who knew that the Ice Age animated films were documentaries?) The previous record for such an achievement was a mere 2,000 years. [Read more…]
George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley has been following the disturbing trend of countries trying to enact international treaties [Read more…]
In the US, beliefs about Christianity tend to have considerable weight for some people in how they decide on public policy issues. However, whether Christians see themselves as conservative or liberal, there is inevitably some discrepancy between their personal policy preferences and a plain reading of the Bible’s teaching on [Read more…]
I first encountered the name of Marilynne Robinson when I read her review of Richard Dawkins’ book The God Delusion for Harper’s Magazine in November 2006. I had heard about the book but hadn’t read it at that time and found her review annoying. It was not because she [Read more…]
A new Pew survey finds that the rates of intermarriage between ethnic groups has more than doubled to 15% from just 6.7% in 1980.
Is more intermarriage good for society? More than four-in-ten Americans (43%) say that more people of different races marrying each other has been a change for the better [Read more…]
I have argued in my series of posts on Why Atheism Is Winning that religion is in decline and that atheism is on the rise even in the US. However, the last bastion of religion is likely to be rural America where the church is [Read more…]
That Mitchell and Webb Look retells the familiar story of the good Samaritan in a way that I think will appeal to the editors [Read more…]
The Catholic hierarchy and the Republican party are digging in their heels in their opposition to health insurance companies being required to provide contraception coverage to all their employees, and even extending their stand to opposing insurers providing employees with anything the employer finds morally objectionable.
They think they can win this by framing it as an issue [Read more…]