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Dogmatism by any other name.

A tale of two FEMENisms.

What anger over Google’s Easter doodle reveals.

“I set it down like it’s warm,” LOL.

With the power vested in us by ourselves, we have chosen ten candidates in the hopes that one of them will win popular acclaim and restore glory to a throne too long left empty.

Portrayals of the bible like this latest miniseries don’t just materialize out of thin air.

The living and the dead are sharing territory all the time, at Terri Schiavo’s bedside and in the post-apocalyptic South of The Walking Dead.

In which I heroically avoid the phrase “performative selfhood.” Oh, wait. Shoot.

The Pope-to-be expressed strong critique of the Church in advance of the conclave that elected him.

When things go well, feelings of “joy” and being “moved” abound, much like the Slim Peace participants claim of their experience. It is unclear whether such events actually change how these Jews and Muslims perceive each other, or if they only change how Jews and Muslims view themselves.