February 17, 2017 The Essence of Bias From Walt Hickey of the Five Thirty Eight Newsletter: “When people claim to be Christian and commit violence in the name of Christianity, according to…
December 17, 2016 The 400 Pound Hacker from Jersey; Strange but True The press and large segments of the public are curious about the “400 pound man sitting on his bed in Jersey,” whom our president-elect…
July 9, 2016 The Golden Door Will Trump Replace It With a Wall? “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse…
June 28, 2016 Is Militant Islam the actual Cause of Terrorism? Muslim Extremism Not The Cause of Suicide Terrorism Recently, our television screens have been filled with images of bloodshed, destruction and death in places…
June 6, 2016 Religious Conversion Religious Conversion This article, published in The Economist (one of the great magazines out in the world, by the way) discusses the fraught issue…
December 3, 2015 On Guns We’re Not Even Trying Nicolas Kristov nails it in his op-ed piece. For the full editorial. “Another day, another ghastly shooting in America. So far this year, the…
July 21, 2015 The Future of Progressive Christianity The Future of Progressive Christianity Gary Dorrien is the Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics at Union Theological Seminary in New York. He is…
July 20, 2015 The Problem of Forgiveness in a World of War The Meaning of Forgiveness in a World of War Though it is central and essential in the life and teaching of Jesus, forgiveness remains…
January 9, 2015 Atheist Terrorists Those Atheist Terrorists In the aftermath of today’s violence in France, again associating the words “Muslim” and “terrorist,” it is important to note that the major motivation for…
