A review of Charles Taylor’s “A Secular Age”

Imagine a trek across many lands--from Xian in central China through Kyrgyzstan Kazakhstan Uzbekistan Afghanistan Iran Turkey and finally Antakya Antioch on the Medite-rraneanby rattletrap buses primitive trains taxis hired cars and trucks one brief plane ride and endless hikes from score

The agony of October baseball

This is an important book for the crucial question it raises and its mode of response as much as for how well it succeeds It asks about 8220 how to pass on religious tradition to youth in the context of the contemporary culture of the United States 8221 The response derived from papers of a

A Middle Eastern murder mystery, reviewed

Oct 7 is the first anniversary of the murder of the Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya It is a notable day for her fellow journalists who admire her courage and commitment to the cause of free speech It is also a sad day because it brings to the surface the haunting truth that journalists ha