Cambridge MA Today is the birthday of Mohandas K Gandhi It is true that his particular programs and positions have faded with age mdash Indians do not live in the past and have moved on for better or worse and it is true that now as in the past there are thoughtful Indians of Hindu and ot

Few people are as courageous as a politician who is out of a job and a long way from the next one When relieved of the demands of governing with all its attending compromises and necessary half-measures politicians find the pluck to simply speak their minds Take Ed Miliband for example Mr Mil

In this Sunday rsquo s New York Times magazine political reporter Mark Leibovich profiles the meteoric rise of America rsquo s favorite fear monger Glenn Beck his colleague at FOX News Shepherd Smith once introduced Beck rsquo s program as ldquo the Fear Chamber rdquo Beck rsquo s ubiquity

Living as I do in San Francisco along the coast I remain deeply curious how high the sea rise is likely to be between now and 2100 I have a cousin who recently bought a house in our Marina district I kid that he may have to move to higher ground before too many years pass Reading a new book by

The stunning news that a soon-to-be-saint was excommunicated for urging the church to take action against a sex offender is a reminder of the virulence of the crimes of clerical abuse.

The results of the U S Religious Knowledge Survey just published by the PEW Forum on Religion and Public Life hold up a sorry mirror before the public With 32 basic questions in all mdash and no trick questions--the questions fell into several groups Christianity and the Bible world religions r