BY SHARON MARTIN When a couple gets a marriage license from the state, whether a minister or a judge reads the vows, they have entered...

BY RICHARD L. FRICKER WikiLeaks! Julian Assange! Traitor! Terrorist! are the latest chants of joy as our religious right and sanctimonious conservatives proceed to the...

BY CHARLES C. HAYNES Oklahoma Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe singlehandedly breathed life into the flagging “war on Christmas” debate when he announced earlier this month...

BY BOB NICHOLS Early on Dec. 2, deadly fires were set in Israel’s remaining forest. Before it was all said and done at least 42...

BY EDWIN E. VINEYARD Some progressives are disappointed in the president. Some feel that he has let them down. It appears that he is not...