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As the economy tanks, suicide rises…

A new Harris poll reveals America’s heroes…and those who are heroes no more.

Darwin’s abhorrence for slavery, and his determination to counter the wrongs being done in the name of science, was a spur to his research on evolution. He was committed to proving that humanity had a common ancestor.

Pope Benedict has a routine that other world leaders might covet.

Is religious extremism on its way out?

An Israeli late show host’s skit denying the virgin birth caused a furor among evangelicals and the Vatican. He had his reasons.

An evangelical minister makes news by urging his congregation to have more sex. Which is theologically bizarre, socially backward, and vaguely pandering.

Baptists in America may never be the same.

Plutonic, Platonic, whatever you want to call it, it’s not enough for gay people to be told they can be gay as long as they don’t have love in their lives.

If Obama keeps his eye on the conservative fiscal prizes, like cutting Social Security for example, he’ll be on the express train to the dustbin of history.