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by John Adams In one fell swoop, President Obama trumped the borderline tabloid-ish coverage of the royal wedding, silenced the blather of the birthers, interrupted the boardroom of the “Celebrity Apprentice” and sent people dancing in the streets. As partiers … Continue reading →

by Dalia Hashad “Osama bin Laden's death brings celebration, unity,” Politico announced. To wit, Rush Limbaugh thanked God for President Obama. Cheering crowds from Washington, D.C. to Dearborn waved American flags and screamed, “USA! USA! USA!” But something is amiss. … Continue reading →

by J. Terry Todd It's the triumph of the mediated “Old World” spectacle this week, with London's royal wedding and the May Day beatification of Pope John Paul II in Rome. Of course, the event in Rome is much more … Continue reading →

David Eagleman, a neuroscientist recently profiled in The New Yorker, sounds like the smartest person I will never meet. Truly, just trying to keep up with what Eagleman is currently working on sequentially taxed, depressed and delighted me. Don't expect … Continue reading →

by Richard Flory Shocking! According to the New York Times, there are gay and lesbian students at evangelical colleges, and they actually want to be recognized by their schools for the people they are, not as some sort of sexual … Continue reading →

by John Adams As the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words. But the pair of images that dominated the media scene over the past week has spawned many more words than that. “Racist,” “transgender child propaganda” and … Continue reading →

by Robyn Carolyn Price Two veiled women were arrested in France last Monday as they protested a law that, effective that day, banned the wearing of burqas and niqabs in public spaces. The law is considered by some – both … Continue reading →

by Albert Sabaté The recent banning of the niqab, or full veil, in France is just the latest episode in the West's tumultuous relationship with Islam and its own values of multiculturalism. News media coverage of the ban in France … Continue reading →

by Salman Hameed Next year is going to be an ordeal for astronomers. We regularly field (or at least endure) questions and claims about astrology, alien abductions, UFOs, crop-circles and beings from other dimensions. But we're bracing ourselves for a … Continue reading →

by Lee Gilmore Friday's narrowly averted government shutdown–and the endemic economic and cultural disputes underlying those events–saw women's health care batted about like a cat toy between the nation's dominant political factions. The threatened de-funding of Planned Parenthood was positioned … Continue reading →