NPR: 'Heretics': The Crisis Of American Christianity
The United States ranks as the most religious country in the developed world. And New York Times columnist Ross Douthat says that despite our politics, debates and doubts, this country is as God-besotted today as ever.
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THE GUARDIAN (UK): Web Freedom Faces Greatest Threat Ever, Warns Google's Sergey Brin
The principles of openness and universal access that underpinned the creation of the internet three decades ago are under greater threat than ever, according to Google co-founder Sergey Brin.
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CNN: Is Trayvon Martin's Death The Catalyst Of A New Movement? (OPINION)
The shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin and its galvanizing effect on African-Americans has often been compared to the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till.
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THE WASHINGTON POST: Tweaks To Alabama’s Draconian Immigration Law Are Not An Improvement (OPINION)
Alabama’s law targeting illegal immigrants has been partly gutted by federal judges, who found key provisions unconstitutional; attacked by agricultural interests, which say it has created labor shortages in the fields; and assailed by business groups, which fear it is fostering a hostile economic climate.
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THE BOSTON GLOBE: President Obama Vows Action On Immigration Policy
In his most specific pledge yet to US Hispanics, President Obama said Saturday he would tackle immigration policy in the first year of a second term.
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THE CHRISTIAN POST: Ron Sider: Obama, GOP Budgets Both Inadequate
The federal budgets offered by both President Obama and House Republicans are inadequate at upholding biblical principles, according to evangelical author and theologian Ron Sider in an interview with The Christian Post.
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THE NEW YORK TIMES: Tutoring Surges With Fight For Middle School Spots
As their parents sat anxiously in a waiting room, five children were sharpening their test-taking skills in a tutoring center in TriBeCa, underlining words that might hold clues to the answers and crossing off the illogical multiple-choice options intended to trip them up. For homework, there were more practice problems.
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THE NEW YORK TIMES: Many U.S. Immigrants’ Children Seek American Dream Abroad
Samir N. Kapadia seemed to be on the rise in Washington, moving from an internship on Capitol Hill to jobs at a major foundation and a consulting firm. Yet his days, he felt, had become routine.
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USA TODAY: 'The Voice': New Bible Translation Focuses On Dialogue
The name Jesus Christ doesn't appear in The Voice, a new translation of the Bible. Nor do words such as angel or apostle. Instead, angel is rendered as messenger and apostle as emissary. Jesus Christ is Jesus the Anointed One or the liberating king.
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THE CHRISTIAN POST: Liberal Christians Disagree With Paul Ryan: GOP Budget Not Biblical
As budget priorities have become a central focus in the 2012 election, Christian politicians and leaders have engaged in a debate over how to apply biblical principles to government budgets. The recently passed House Republican budget, the brainchild of Budget Chair Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), has become a central focus in this debate. Many politically liberal Christians argue it is not biblical due to cuts in programs for the poor.
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SALON: Living The “Good” Life
What does a moral life entail? How does one achieve it? A.C. Grayling looks at the classics of philosophy for the answers, and says that it is the striving for goodness and self-improvement itself that is the key to living well.
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MOTHER JONES: Does Fracking Cause Earthquakes?
There are plenty of reasons to worry about fracking—groundwater contamination, methane leaks, that flaming tap water thing. But can it really cause earthquakes? That's the question the US Geological Survey set out to answer after a spate of tremors in the Midwest—an area not usually known for earthquakes—alerted scientists to the possibility that some of them might be man-made.
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS: Long Political Fights Ahead Over Dueling Tax Plans
Democrats and Republicans are forcing votes in Congress this coming week on competing tax plans that affect millionaires and smaller businesses, and they know the proposals are doomed from the start.
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