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Oklahoma senator is blocking a bill that would disarm brutal “Lord’s Resistance Army” in Africa.

Among other clues to this sci-fi opera, our Caprica watchers took particular note of a bobbleheaded bull on the dashboard of a Tauron killer. What can we learn from the possibility that Capricans can be as kitsch-obsessed, cigarette-addicted, and as reckless with civil liberties as earthlings can be?

The exaggerated indulgence in high-risk activities at the Winter Olympics offers more than a subtle glimpse into the deeper connections the Greeks perceived between sport and war. In the US we want greater speed, but fewer crashes; higher platforms, but we don’t want anyone to get hurt. We imagine ever-riskier surgical procedures, but we seem surprised and morally outraged if they fail.

Rather than provide health care to gay and lesbian spouses, Catholic Charities cuts off spousal benefits.

The religious roots of a new “black genocide” film.

The causes of disasters are natural, not supernatural.

From anti-gay executive orders to claims that disabled children are God’s punishment, the religious right is very much alive.

Answers in Genesis proselytizes to Olympics competitors and spectators.

Netanyahu’s decision to declare two holy sites located in the Palestinian Territories and once shared by Jews, Christians, and Muslims “national heritage sites” triggers violence and conflict.