Thomas Merton and the Catholic Church Ban on Marriage
Merton faced the same sticky issue in the 1960s that is debated yet today: should Catholic priests be able to be unchaste and marry?
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The 7 Laws Of Inconspicuous Consumption
Inconspicuous consumption is not about spending less or wearing a fake mustache when you run to the mall. It's about spending wisely, for the right reasons and to feed your soul.
Raising Moderate Voices
Tariq Ahmad's short letter reminded me, poignantly, that the majority of people are more alike than we are different, and most of us are happy to share the planet peacefully.
Auschwitz Revisited: The Holocaust and the Abortion Debate
Comparing abortion clinics to concentration camps diminishes the memory of those who perished, using their suffering for an unrelated political purpose, while generating a rationale for the murder of abortion providers.
ClimateGate: Are You Kidding Me?
The Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) just sent out an email that had an article from The Wall Street Journal promoting about what has been comically ...
Struggling For The Soul Of Religion: Why The Parliament Of The World's Religions Matters
The underlying assumption of the Parliament is that religion can be a positive force for moral suasion of individuals and society by providing a vision of a better world and promoting necessary values.
Swiss Radicalization: A Sign of Things to Come?
To ban an architectural form that scares you is a thing of prehistoric naiveté.The shortsightedness of the anti-minaret campaign is fueled by more than fear. It is fueled by hate.
An Introduction to Kabbalah Part 6: The Sefirot, or, 'If Everything is God, how come it doesn't look that way?'
In the first five articles in this series, we've explored some of the basic questions of Kabbalah. Beginning this week, we shift gears, digging into some core concepts and exploring them in a bit more depth.
Architectural 'Intolerance' in Switzerland
The recent vote by the people of Switzerland to ban minarets is at best misguided, at worst downright racism. Architecture is a political act. What, where and how we build is affected by politics, but this is beyond the pale.
Obama, Progressives and Afghanistan
Progressives must not lose sight of the fact that, although we may disagree with President Obama's decision on Afghanistan, he shares a progressive vision of American foreign policy.
White House Hanukkah Blues
It's time to focus on what one GOP operative told me is the most important issue of the year for any Jewish organization in Washington, DC ... who gets to watch the lighting of the chanukia at the Obama's.
Killing Uganda's Gays: The Long Reach of American "Reconstructionist" Fascism
The ideological link between the members of the Family on C-Street to the Ugandan fascists wanting to kill gays can be best summed up by looking at several quotes from RJ Rushdoony.
Welcome To The Tribe, Little Man
Suddenly, my Reformed upbringing and eight-week study abroad program in Israel seem puny compared to her full-on, by-the-books, hardcore Orthodox ways.
A Sacrificial Feast in Indonesia
Many Americans know Indonesia by the numbers: the world's fourth-largest democracy and most populous Muslim nation. But fewer know about Indonesia's brand of Islam.
Are Swiss Alps Threatened by Minarets?
The Swiss minaret ban, like some other European countries' policies, highlights a failure of Western liberalism and raises fundamental questions about religious discrimination and freedom of religion.
Is Mike Huckabee Culpable?
Four police officers are dead because Huckabee (the not-so-covert Reconstructionist) takes every word of the Bible more seriously than the advice of prosecutors and victim rights groups.
We Needed a New Approach in Afghanistan -- and This Isn't It
The decision by President Obama to send additional troops to Afghanistan saddens me. I believe it is a mistake, it is the wrong direction for U.S. for...
After The Swiss Ban On Building Minarets, 3D Islam: A Religion Or A Political Ideology?
Is Islam a religion or is it a 3D version including a political party and possibly for even more fanatic Imams, a militia? Muslims have to decide.
Cowbells and Minarets
To say the Swiss are not trustworthy would be an understatement. But their massive vote against minarets is a different story.
What the Swiss Vote on Minarets Says to the World
Beneath the surface is a greater issue than architecture. Peace will only come when Westerners and Muslims alike understand that religious freedom is at the core of their spiritual beliefs.
Why Are Some Black Folks So Upset Over Gays Getting Married?
I struggle to comprehend why folks who share my slice of the demographic pie seem to take is personally when two men or two women want to marry and live as a couple.
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