Weekly Links: In the World

February 24, 2012
Nora Connor: According to Salon’s Wajahat Ali, the conversion of Oliver Stone’s son Sean to Islam last week prompted...

Muslim Attitudes

February 22, 2012
Comment by NYU assistant professor/faculty fellow Jeremy Walton on yesterday's New York Times article, "Koran burning in NATO Error...

Tying Knots

February 16, 2012
Becky Garrison:  In the battle for marriage equality, a federal appeals court and the Washington State legislature delivered both a...

Be Mine

February 14, 2012
By Jeremy Walton   On February 14th, 1989, the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini sent what surely must have been one of the...

The Gospel of Sacred Candy Hearts

February 14, 2012
By Amy Levin Did Santa bring me a boyfriend this year? Smooches for all red, juicy collagen-chocolate filled lips. This...

A Red Bagel

February 13, 2012
By Adam H. Becker   When I was little my mother would get me a red bagel on Valentine's Day and...

Heart in the Snow

February 13, 2012
By Mary Valle My last semester in college, I spent a lot of time taking phone calls from my brother...

St. Valentine's Fallen Face

February 13, 2012
By David Metcalfe   An urban youth lends no pastoral allure to chalky candy charms and flimsy cardboard tokens. Until, within...

A Simple Dinner

February 13, 2012
By Anthea Butler   I used to hate Valentines day, until a dinner changed my mind. After a particularly ugly split from another fool...

My Wish This Valentine's Day

February 13, 2012
By George González   No doubt, much of our contemporary consumer society is magical and ecstatic. This extends to our niche and...

A Valentine Offering

February 13, 2012
By Genevieve Yue   A Valentine offering, lifted from the words of the late Edward Rondthaler, pioneer of the Rutherford photo-lettering machine...

My Friend

February 13, 2012
By Jacob Glatstein Translated from the Yiddish by Peter Manseau My friend lives a satisfied life. He has a wife who loves...

I Love You, I Do.

February 13, 2012
We asked our Near and Dear to tell us something about today, the day when we celebrate love--or loss...

#MyGrownUpValentine

February 13, 2012
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A Buddhist Valentine

February 13, 2012
By S. Brent Plate   Love is not a shepherd's crook. I am not the great shepherd Reaching out to pull you in.   You...

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