The six-month truce between the Israeli government and the Hamas chiefs in Gaza offers opportunities which if not fulfilled could lead to greater dangers.

The Vatican has revised the traditional Catholic “Seven Deadly Sins” with new ones, including “being obscenely wealthy.”

California judges have ruled that parents are legally forbidden to home-school their children unless they have obtained a teaching credential from the state.

While the U.N. declares land rights to indigenous people, Anglo conquerors are afraid they may have to forfeit land

A magical story of the War in Iraq - Part II

One has to be a diet warrior to persevere in the face of our society's fierce opposition to healthy eating

Perhaps our insensitivity to killing is a result of thousands of years of cultural evolution

We avoid learning from history even when we know it, so how much worse will it be when history is forgotten?

A little known ancient religion in Iraq is in danger of being totally exterminated: Mandaeanism

The corrupting influence of money in politics is widely deplored, and some reformers are seeking the superficial remedy, government financing of political campaigns

A story of love, death and government oppression

With increased autonomy and now independence, the government of Montenegro has enacted a policy of the privatization of the previously socialist economy

With many Americans, and folks around the world, outraged by the corruption and arrogance of the current U.S. chiefs, many are turning to a third political party

The ruling coalition in Spain is proposing to enact a law that would recognize the moral rights of great apes as legal persons

What to do with Iran? The U.S. government should apologize, watch, and do nothing