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The issue is suffering.

Says Peter Steinfels, who writes a column on ‘religion and ethics’ in The New York Times.

Known for her uncompromising interviews with world leaders; recently for criticism of Islam.

Interesting comments from Jon Pike, Oliver Kamm, Marc Mulholland.

The most superpower became a sleepwalking giant only half aware of its surroundings and oblivious to itself.

Almost all the more loathsome attitudes of the OT will actually promote group cohesion and success.

Weaknesses of undergraduate education serve important faculty interests.

Says report by intelligence committee contains ‘erroneous, misleading… information.’

Compromise with fundamentalists leaves women at risk.

Says UK has been damaged by downgrading of religion, urges parties to adopt ‘Christian’ values.

‘In a deep metaphysical sense, I don’t think free will exists. But we can make choices, and that’s real enough.’

Chris Mooney in Seattle today, Sunday. See you there.

Your logic makes the puppy sad.

‘My image of myself since age 3 or 4 — the genius-schmuck.’

Too bad Stanley Milgram didn’t annotate Studies in the Scope and Method of ‘The Authoritarian Personality’.

Information published six of the cartoons, which are on display in Tehran.

Buruma suspects many who invoke Enlightenment are merely defending a conservative order.

‘Prosperity’ is a branch of Pentecostalism. That would explain a few things.

A new kind of conspiracy theorist: respectable, well-read, articulate, but loony.

‘Why do so many intelligent and promising people find these theories so compelling?’