One of the easiest ways to insult an atheist or humanist is to compare him or her to a religious fundamentalist. So prepare for an insult. Atheists, like fundamentalists, believe in perfect beings. Not in... Read More

With the death Saturday of the conservative lion of the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Antonin Scalia, we revisit David Niose's analysis of his jurisprudence and Joan Biskupic's 2009 biography, American Original: The Life and Constitution of... Read More

When a devastating 7.0-magnitute earthquake struck near the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince on January 12, 2010, leaving over one million homeless and in dire need of food and medical attention, national aid organizations from around... Read More

On learning that the suspect aboard Northwest Flight 235 on Christmas Day was a young Nigerian born to privilege and wealth, I again thought of a girl I once knew—I’ll call her Alice Kim. When... Read More

I FELL IN LOVE with Holden Caulfield the first time I read The Catcher in the Rye in the mid ‘80s. A year or so later I read it in my high school English class... Read More

A recent incident on British Airways has illustrated that sometimes efforts to prevent sexual abuse, although well-intentioned, can reach absurd heights. Mirko Fischer, a 33-year-old businessman, discovered while flying on the airline that the transportation... Read More

With a population of nine million, Mexico City has more people than 40 of America's 50 states. It also has more Catholics than any American state except California. In fact, Mexico City is the second-largest... Read More