God is a Terrifying Monster, and Other Takeaways from the Study of Vampires in Pop Culture
A Q&A with Jess Peacock, author of Such a Dark Thing.
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Why Does the Pope Love This Trippy Dystopian Novel from 1907?
The 2013 election of Pope Francis marked a number of firsts for the Catholic Church:…
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ISIS is the Islamic “Reformation”
On August 10th 1566 an enraged crowd of Huguenots burst into the Chapel of St….
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“Jack” Willke, Pro-Life Demagogue Dies at 89
John C. “Jack” Willke, an obstetrician who led and shaped the pro-life movement, has died at…
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Why Republicans Don’t Think Obama Is Christian
Alex Theodoridis, a political scientist at the University of California, Merced, conducted a survey last fall…
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Jews and Muslims Join Forces for Academic Freedom
My university is not a battleground.
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Is Religion to Blame for Violence? Karen Armstrong’s Flawed Case
Just as I finished Karen Armstrong’s Fields of Blood, which is a very extended attack on…
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Chatting with Myanmar’s Buddhist “Terrorist”
“Do I look like a terrorist?” the orange-robed monk asked me, confident that I would…
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Why This Lie? Brian Williams’ Pulpit Fiction
The deafening whomp-whomp-whomp you may have heard when Brian Williams got caught in a lie…
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America’s Savior: Lincolnolatry’s Hidden Cost
I plead guilty right up front to once participating in the cult I intend to…
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