What if Christianity never existed?
Walter Scheidel’s tour de force of world history is based almost entirely on counterfactuals.
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What an open door to asylum seekers looks like
A Laredo pastor and his family are hard at work helping others, on both sides of the border.
March 15 Lent 3A John 4 5 42
Rethinking the woman at the well
What is federally protected land for
The Trump administration is treating it as plunder. The Antiquities Act saw it as a bearer of stories and wonders.
What makes an American home
A literary look at the walls that protect us—and keep us captive
Loving your political enemy at the National Prayer Breakfast
Arthur Brooks gave the room an important assignment. President Trump turned it down.
The burden of climate change in Bong Joon Ho s Oscar winning Parasite
Class criticism is a common theme in movies. This one says something more unusual.
Learning to face the doctrine of discovery
I wish I’d had Mark Charles and Soong-Chan Rah’s book when I was in college.
At the border law and order looks a lot like chaos
Trump’s new policies are creating confusion and misery.
Is there a way beyond hyperpartisanship
“We have remade our nation before and we can do it again.”