Over five centuries after the famed explorer's death, historians are taking a fresh look at what motivated Christopher Columbus to make his voyage acr...
Paul Stoller | Posted 05.02.2012
Are we ready to recede into the illusory comforts of Rick's 15th-century world? Are we ready to go "back to the future"?
Cullen Murphy | Posted 03.24.2012
In talking with audiences about my new book, "God's Jury: The Inquisition and the Making of the Modern World," I've found that the same questions come up over and over. Here are the Top 10.
Carol Smaldino | Posted 10.31.2011
It is true. There were cows on the beach -- on a beach of a deliciously gorgeous, multicultural, blue-violet-turquoise sea in Corsica, the French isla...
Karl Giberson, Ph.D | Posted 05.25.2011
Both secular and religious institutions employed torture. The popular impression that it was primarily a religious activity indicates the success of the anti-religion culture warriors telling their sensationalized version of history
Richard Z. Chesnoff | Posted 05.25.2011
This culture and history and modern experience of the Sephardim is cinematically celebrated in a film festival sponsored by New York's very active American Sephardi Federation.
Dave Hackel | Posted 05.25.2011
I'm very confused about the whole torture situation and the duality of the arguments is giving me a headache.
Posted 05.22.2012