THE RISING TIDE OF NONRELIGIOUS people in the United States is accompanied by an intense focus on the “New Atheism,” which, rightly or wrongly,... Read More

When the Islamists in Iraq took over the government through the elections in 2005, it was a wakeup call to me and all those... Read More

American religion is a conundrum. Americans manage to combine deep religious devotion with wide religious diversity, all the while remaining remarkably tolerant of each... Read More

In 1877 Thomas Edison invented the phonograph. Ever the showman, Edison liked to demonstrate his device by allowing people to speak into the machine, after... Read More

If there’s one concern that pervades virtually every major political and economic issue facing the United States today, it’s the question of corporate power... Read More

I often think of the good life I have. By most common measures—say, type of work, income, health, leisure, and social status—I’m doing well.... Read More

Fort Hood’s sprawling 340-square-mile property—one of the largest active armored posts in the United States Armed Forces—boasts the self-styled title of the “Great Place”... Read More

I recently celebrated my wedding anniversary, having been married to the same woman for thirty-one years without ever straying. Newt Gingrich has been married... Read More

HAVE YOU HUGGED a friendly multinational corporation today? So the PR campaign for corporate America may go if the left’s populist anger toward corporate... Read More

It seems we nontheists go by many names—atheist, secularist, freethinker, humanist, secular humanist, rationalist, agnostic, and so on—as if these differences actually mean something.... Read More