Politics
Still Missing: Etan Patz—and Others
During the exhaustive search for Etan, black children were disappearing in Atlanta.
An Anatomy of Outrage
Outrage tactics such as the ‘hate retweet’ have value, even if they risk elevating the worst voices.
Did Christianity Create Liberalism?
On Larry Siedentrop’s Inventing the Individual: The Origins of Western Liberalism.
Lurching Toward Happiness in America
Claude S. Fischer paints a broad picture of what Americans say they want—and suggests what might finally get them there.
Ferguson Won’t Change Anything. What Will?
Michael Brown shouldn’t be a poster child for social justice movements.
Of Popes and Dogs
The Church has always had a vexed, somewhat aggrieved relation to dogs and their status as things to be blessed or sanctified.
The Bill of Rights in the Modern Age
Technology, business, and government are changing the 482 words in the U.S. Constitution.
Brazil’s Era of Possibility
A Berkeley radical returns to his native Brazil after the Berlin Wall's fall.
Money Is Not the Only (or the Biggest) Source of Voter Distrust
Rates of participation in politics are still at or near historic lows after decades of skyrocketing campaign spending.
Islam’s Abortion Debate
Islamic jurisprudence does not encourage abortion, but unlike the Catholic Church, it does not absolutely forbid it.
The Rise of Outside Spending
The "independent" expenditures in the midterm elections are record-breaking
An Afterthought on Indyref
Overnight, the hopeful, broad-based, grassroots independence movement gave rise to the righteous wronged.
Conservatives are Driving Americans Away from Religion
Religiously-inflected politics of personal morality alienated more recently-born moderate and liberal Americans from the church.
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