The Taliban have arrested women in the Afghan capital for wearing “bad hijab,” a spokesman at the country’s Vice and Virtue Ministry said Thursday.
Is being rich bad for your soul? Yes, but not for the reason you expect
For almost seven years, since I first saw it in The Washington Post, the headline has stuck in my head: “Being Rich Wrecks Your Soul: We Used to Know That.”
Alice Hoffman’s new book will imagine Anne Frank’s life before she kept a diary
With the cooperation of the Anne Frank House, a novel based on Frank’s life immediately before she began keeping a diary will be released in September by the children’s publisher Scholastic.
Close Encounters of the Elite Institutional Kind
A friend recently recounted a horrible flying experience full of delays, obfuscating explanations, and eventual cancellations. We concluded that one of the most infuriating parts of modern travel is that there is no single person to blame when it falls…
Jewish outfielder Harrison Bader signs with the New York Mets
Jewish outfielder Harrison Bader is headed back to New York, this time as a member of the New York Mets.
Judge dismisses Muslim couple’s lawsuit against school where daughter converted to Christianity
A federal judge in Illinois ruled that a state school district is not responsible for the actions of a teacher who allegedly proselytized students in a public school classroom, leading a Muslim student to convert to Christianity.
Israeli Officials’ Calls For ‘Voluntary’ Migration Of Palestinians Alarm Human Rights Experts
As the reported death toll of the Israeli invasion of Gaza tops 22,000, senior Israeli politicians have grown more explicit in their goal for the Palestinian enclave: the movement of a large number of Gazans out of Gaza entirely.
How religion and politics will mix in 2024 – three trends to track
Religion is likely to play a big role in voters’ choices in the 2024 presidential election – much as it did in previous years. Despite an overall shift away from participation in organized religion in the U.S. populace, religious rhetoric in…
Putting Religious Democrats And Secular Republicans Under The Microscope
I swear I don’t try to write about abortion so much, but I always end up there. I just think it’s this issue that is like no other when it comes to social issues. What really spurred this post, was…