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What the U.S. can learn from French battles over mosque and state.
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Western attempts to ban Islamic religious garb, and Muslim attempts to censor Western religious satire may be separate issues. But neither is a good idea.
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Like Muslims, Jews were once considered "un-assimilable" in Europe. But most found creative ways to adapt—as do Muslim immigrants today.
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France’s ban on Muslim headscarves in public schools has ignited endless controversy. Which side does the "Politics of the Veil" author take?
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The "Politics of the Veil" author explains why the culture clash between "secularist" France and Muslim immigrants is rising to a fever pitch.
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A conversation with the historian and social scientist at the Institute for Advanced Study.
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Masculinity was partly to blame for the obscure financial instruments that caused us so much grief.
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Drugs like Ritalin essentially work to make male behavior more female-like.
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Some animals exhibit behaviors that are not unlike our religious ceremonies.
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Some religions are better than others in providing a peace of mind, a sense of social comfort, a sense of decency.
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"When you’re dealing with theoretical issues like who serves God better that becomes rapidly rather frightening and unattached to any reality."
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Sex can cause "all sorts of ruckus in all sorts of lives on an endless basis." That's why religions make a point of regulating it.
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"People who are religious might well be healthier because they help each other more."
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Believing in God generates soothing "juices" in the brain that make us feel good.
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A conversation with the Darwin Professor of Anthropology at Rutgers University.
There is a palpable sense of relief amongst many in the Labour Party that Gordon Brown finally acknowledged the inevitable and stood down, after it became apparent that there could […]
What does the Tea Party Movement in the U.S. have in common with the right-wing backlash against immigrants in Europe? Bard College professor Ian Buruma says they are both part […]
When Mario Lavandeira, a.k.a. Perez Hilton, started his blog PageSixSixSix.com in 2004, he says he imagined that maybe a few of his friends would read his musings on tabloid gossip […]
Chess makes for strange bed fellows. Last night at a party at the Trump SoHo hotel in downtown Manhattan, two former world chess champions, Anatoly Karpov and Gary Kasparov, put […]
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Control the things you can about your diet and environment, and get politically active around the things you can’t.