Saving Israel with Secularism
Israel is growing more religious, threatening its very cultural foundations.
On the Newsstand:God
New Atheism: Missing the Point
There are difficult and complex parts of the human experience that neither science nor even the most basic comforts can address.
Nostalgic for America’s Holy Texts
The American experimentation with democracy, for all its novelty and nonviolent advancements, was nonetheless riddled with major flaws.
Tea’d Off
Andrew Breitbart's May 2010 defense of the Tea Party in an exclusive interview with the HPR.
Lin vs. Zuckerberg: Choosing the Better Model for Harvard Leadership
Harvard students should follow the example of Jeremy Lin
A Hitch in Time
Christopher Hitchens was never quiet for a long enough time to allow anyone to ask him any questions about himself. Readers never had a chance to inquire about how his ardent and militant atheism reflected his Jewish heritage. No one was afforded the opportune moment to probe the former anti-Vietnam crusader’s personal transformation into one of the greatest intellectual supporters of the Iraq War. There was never time to ask, because the self-described “contrarian” preempted every question with a thoroughly developed answer.
Not Another Tebow Article
The religious intolerance that Tim Tebow elicits is obviously misplaced, but so are many of the story-lines surrounding the Evangelical quarterback.
Taking Stock of the Spill
Apparently, Obama’s BP Oil Spill performance has been a total disaster. Just check the news. He’s weak, aloof, unemotive, Maureen Down explains. “Mr. President, take command,” David Gergen urges on CNN. James Carville exhorts: “This president needs to tell BP, “I’m your daddy.” And Peggy Noonan, writes, simply, for WSJ: “I don’t see how you politically survive this.” Count me among ... Read More
A Lebanese Angle on the Rima Fakih Story
Apart from being an excellent excuse to boost web traffic with pictures of bikini-clad women (cf. The Huffington Post), you may not have seen Lebanese journalist Hanin Ghaddar’s very interesting article last week in Foreign Policy comparing American and Lebanese reactions to the Rima Fakih story. In America: Not many people — let along beauty pageant winners — have been accused ... Read More
Religion in America?
America has long had a complex, almost schizophrenic attitude towards religion.
