Columnist Jonathan Rauch believes that America has made “a major civilizational advance” in recent years. Rauch, a longtime atheist, is…
As a way of keeping up with what’s happening around the world, I read the New York Times every day, sometimes through…
It’s a cartoon staple: Donald Duck is quarrelling with chipmunks, Chip and Dale. When Chip and Dale race up a…
Following World War II, the Allies put Nazi Germany’s surviving leaders on trial for genocide and other war crimes. The…
In a scene in The Two Towers, the second in J. R. R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy, the…
In a recent episode of the HBO series Six Feet Under, the youngest daughter, Claire, is waiting to take…
Today, in “Earth Day” celebrations around the world, people are gathering to promote the goal of creating “a sustainable…
In 1968, Stanford professor Paul Ehrlich famously declared that “the battle to feed humanity is over.” He predicted…
If you read the obituaries — and at my age I do — you no doubt read of the…
For more than a decade, Princeton ethics professor Peter Singer has been raising eyebrows — and more than the…
