What happens when government agencies try to sidestep the law and exclude the public on major projects?  Well, sometimes they ...

Simony, properly defined by the Catholic Church as the selling of ecclesiastical offices and positions, has been designated ...

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There’s a criticism which I see with some frequency in the animal-rights movement which argues those who view cultivated meat ...

I don’t know about you, but the news continues to stress me out. Trump administration officials are using any excuse they can think of to detain and ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a skilled salesperson, though the product he peddles is deeply flawed. His current challenge is to convince ...

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I had just come back from a demonstration against a uranium mine near the rim of the Grand Canyon and talking to Native ...

I’m married to a German citizen who’s a life-long resident here in Hamburg, and I spent most of the winter and spring in this ...

WOO-HOO! There’s a new bookstore in Washington Heights – three blocks from where we live! I must qualify my WOO-HOO, however, ...