For the first time in at least 100 years, the US Cabinet has a bible study group. What do they learn? What does Donald Trump make of it? And why aren’t women allowed to teach? Every Wednesday, some of the … Read More
Worshipers reading from the Bible in Tianjin, China. The Bible is printed in China but legally available only at certain bookstores. CreditGreg Baker/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images BEIJING — The Chinese government has banned online retailers from selling the Bible, moving … Read More
The Bible is one of the most overrated books of all time, according to a recent article by GQ Magazine. The article, written by “the editors of GQ,” ranks the sacred text No. 12 on the list of 21 books “you don’t … Read More
‘We kept faith with Zion,’ said Netanyahu on Independence Day eve. He’s proud the Jews kept faith with a piece of land? Aren’t religious groups supposed to keep faith with God? Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the torch lighting ceremony … Read More
The Feast of the Annunciation marked by the Catholic Church falls not long after the vernal equinox, in time for the arrival of new spring growth. It commemorates the biblical story of when a young, unmarried virgin living in poverty, … Read More
“For making good any damage they may cause” In the 21st century West, unborn babies are not people, but robots have legal “personhood.” In 2017, the European Union released legal guidelines and questions concerning artificial intelligence in the future. One … Read More
PHOTO: Iran is “the biggest occupying power in the Arab world today”, writes The New York Times’ Thomas L. Friedman. (Reuters: Morteza Nikoubazl, file) Syria was not the only target in the US-led military strike; there was a message here for another … Read More
New US national security adviser John Bolton. Picture: Oliver Contreras/SIPA USA The world is experiencing more dangerous geopolitical tensions, across more regions than at any time since the Cold War ended three decades ago. The informed view in those heady … Read More