Another stunning and wise posts on my piece about the death of Joe Biden’s wife and baby daughter. This is from AnotherBeliever: I am not a parent, so God knows I did not face that level of pain. But I, too, traveled some dark roads this year. I had to spend fourteen months in Iraq,…

One of the points in my controversial abortion opus that’s generated the most discussion is the quesiton of whether birth control leads to fewer abortions. If it does, pro-life forces would need to re-assess their resistence to birth control. A new data point to consider. Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times reports that the…

Rabbi David Wolpe, author of Why Faith Matters, makes an excellent point about Religulous: Perhaps Maher’s greatest misunderstanding of religion is his central indictment: that religion is responsible for the world’s violence. It is not. Violence is a product of human nature. Before monotheism, the Assyrians were not kind; the Romans were bloodthirsty beyond the…

Speaking of Faith’s Krista Tippett has two fascinating interviews with friends of Beliefnet. Amy Sullivan is one of the most insightful writers from the “religious left” Rod Dreher, whom Beliefnet readers know as Crunchy Con, showed himself to be his usual independent, thought-provoking self. Bravo to Tippett for picking two people who both represent “their…

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