Can you keep a secret? If you can, you’re pretty unusual, because a lot of people can’t. Especially if it’s…
Welcome to Holy Week, American style. Just as millions of Christians are preparing to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus, the…
Americans have witnessed over the past two days the largest public protest since the Vietnam War: millions marching to protest…
The founder of Playboy magazine, Hugh Hefner, is worried about his legacy. In preparation for his eightieth birthday, which he celebrated yesterday,…
In 1989, the builders of a tea garden in a San Francisco park inadvertently left a parking barrier behind. Four…
G. K. Chesterton famously said something to this effect: When people stop believing in God, they don’t believe in nothing—they…
Every two years, America looks to its Olympic athletes for an unparalleled display of drive, sacrifice, team spirit, and patriotism.…
In recent years, we have heard a lot of arguments in favor of therapeutic cloning, that is, cloning humans for…
Consider these statistics: “This year, nearly 3 million teenagers will become infected [with a sexually transmitted disease].” “In 2000, some…
Sometimes you have to wonder about the New York Times. It printed a long, breathtakingly written, scientific-sounding piece that just…