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by Jo Piazza Fedoras have made a comeback as of late. Their recent prominence in fashion is underscored by their...

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A review of Jesse Bering’s The Belief Instinct: The Psychology of Souls, Destiny, and the Meaning of Life by Clint...

by Matthew Berkman This article is reposted in whole from Foreign Policy.  The original article can be found here. This...

Egyptians were deeply divided on whether to say “yes” or “no” to the proposed amendments to their country’s constitution...

by Becky Garrison Rob Bell, a bestselling Christian author and founder of Mars Hill Church in Grand Rapids became...

by Jack Downey In 1964, Richard Hofstadter published a rather enduring essay in Harper’s Magazine that succeeded, if nothing...

by Yasmin Moll There are tens of thousands of Egyptians in Tahrir today. And there are millions of Egyptians who...

by Elissa Lerner After so much fanfare surrounding the surprise election of Archbishop Timothy Dolan to the presidency of...

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by Joshua Stanton This month, it became clear that Americans must do more to prevent violence. A congresswoman was shot...

by Ann Neumann Reposted from The Nation. Last week a regulation to provide Medicare coverage for advance care planning counseling—that...

by Elissa Lerner If you walk into the Gottesman Exhibition Hall at the New York Public Library right now, you...