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To read the Qur’an “properly” is to read it with full tajwid.

So say tea partiers.

It’s not about Jesus, it’s about propriety.

Anti-abortion organization wants definition of life determined by popular vote.

When it’s hot and dry, like in a desert, ablution must be really, really refreshing.

South Carolina Republican gubernatorial candidate wants to solve an education crisis by creating a constitutional one.

Trying to stay relevant as the political times get ugly.

I’d always considered myself a rationalist, but over the next twelve months a series of odd events would challenge the way I viewed the world. Many people suggested I write a book about my experiences, but I wasn’t sure I wanted to do that for the simple reason that if you tell someone, especially a stranger, that you might have a ghost in your house, the probability of that person thinking you’re crazy is rather high.

Sam Harris latest, The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values, is undermined by poor scholarship, ad hominem attacks and an obsession with religion.

Court denies anti-choice group’s request for a temporary restraining order.