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I had this idea of combining my two great enthusiasms — one is for [Jane Austen's] novels, and the other is for writing crime fiction, d...

Yesterday a provision in the Affordable Care Act went into effect: health insurers' profits must now be limited. In response, Rick U...

"Susan Jacoby has long made it her project to uncover ill-formed, cynical 'junk thought' and administer a cold dose of reason a...

The bishops have spoken, or at least succumbed. This weekend American Catholics began saying new words at mass. Well, perhaps new  is inco...

Flunking Sainthood has to be the most entertaining introduction to spiritual disciplines ever written. For that matter, it may be the only ...

Years ago while visiting friends in Warwick, UK, I went out for an early morning stroll. Not far from their house I saw an interesting-looki...

In certain latitudes there comes a span of time approaching and following the summer solstice, some weeks in all, when the twilights turn lo...