Fundamentalism

Shortly before 2 p.m. Eastern today, Andrea Mitchell interviewed Joshua Green of The Atlantic regarding Hillary Clinton's participation in The Fellowship (a/k/a The Family). You can read my opinion of Hillary's participation in this organization (including links to background articles in Harpers in early 2003 and Mother Jones in late...

"You don't choose your family, but you choose what church you want to attend." said Hillary Clinton, to reporters and editors of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review on Tuesday the 25th.

This is an interesting choice of words, since -- while we mostly hear about her Methodist upbringing -- Hillary...

Red states or blue states, superdelegates or pledged delegates, surrogates or campaign staff, these are the divides that are currently consuming the discussion in America. However, the events of the past two weeks should remind us of another divide with real implications for America's future security that we should be...

First, let's clear up some misconceptions and clearly define agnosticism. There are varying degrees of agnosticism, which confuses the debate when used interchangeably. For instance, "strong agnostics" -- such as philosopher David Hume -- say the existence or nonexistence of God or the nature of ultimate reality is unknowable. "Atheistic...

If you watched NBC Nightly News last night you saw Iraqi children in despair, suffering from traumatic stress disorder having watched so many people die. You don't see much of substance on televised nightly news lately, but this was a glimpse into the horror created by a war that...