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“The preschool teacher used to say to the kids, ‘Close your eyes, and ask God to give you a piece of candy,’[…] When the children opened their eyes, and saw there was nothing there, the teacher said, ‘See? God doesn’t exist.’”

Voter turnout among African-American sank since 2008.

From climate change denial to creationism.

106 openly gay candidates were elected to office around the country. And that’s a record.

It’s called Measure 755. For Oklahoma, it forbids the use of international and Shari’ah law in state courts. As of the time of writing, it has passed, winning nearly 70% of the vote. As an American Muslim, and a citizen of New York, I am amused, concerned, fascinated and, oddly, given hope…

RD opened the week with a poignant and saddening description of how hate seems actually to have become a dominant emotional trope in latter-day electoral campaigning. While there is much cause for concern in what his essay captured so well about this especially…

Sri Chinmoy wanted to win a Nobel prize, and to be more famous than the Dalai Lama or the Pope. Jayanti Tamm writes a book about what happens when a good guru goes bad.

The Tea Party is claiming credit for the Republican trouncing of the Democrats last night, but the Tea Party wave is just an illusion.

Signs of the times.

Religious right leaders scramble to frame Tea Party victories and consolidate the Tea Party energy for the “pro-family agenda.”