Bart Campolo is not fond of the title of the book he co-wrote with his father — Why I Left, Why I Stayed: Conversations on
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Even though Michael Gerson is a Republican, he isn’t pulling any punches when it comes to the ethics of the administration of President Donald Trump.
In the midst of a new, tumultuous political climate, Jay Rosen believes that journalists are under attack — but it didn’t begin with the 2016
“We don’t submit to terror,” President Frank Underwood intones, directly addressing the viewer as he breaks the fourth wall. “We make the terror.” It is
L. Sebastian Purcell said the “tongues of fire in the sky” and “the roof of the sun god catching on fire” were both bad omens,
In following a former MI5 director general’s stark warnings of impending geopolitical catastrophe, horror movie buff Adam Lowenstein had his work cut out for him
Community has to be cultivated. Bart Campolo learned that after leaving Christianity — and now he teaches it to young secular people. Campolo, the humanist
Art makes truth easier to swallow. “We as people, individually and as a society, often want to ignore the truth,” said Beau Willimon, screenwriter and
Americans today are experiencing a bit more anxiety than they are used to; much of it comes from the “shared disadvantage” and lack of understanding
The Aztecs believed that happiness was not found by looking for it. Rather, it was found in doing what was worthwhile — even if it
Horror films can often be discounted as vehicles for mindless entertainment and cheap thrills. Adam Lowenstein wants people to think about them more deeply and,
“The land of the stiff upper lip.” “Keep calm and carry on.” “They always grumble, but they never worry.” Dame Stella Rimington had a lot
Artemis Joukowsky III began his lecture by asking the Hall of Philosophy audience to close their eyes — or keep them opened, whatever they preferred
What does cinematic horror have to tell us about the horrors of history? To speak of history’s horrors, or historical trauma, is to recognize events
Standing before the image of an old, white, bearded man, Shaun King began his lecture. The portrait’s significance, though not immediately discernable, would quickly be
If audience members agreed with something the Rev. John C. Welch said, he wanted them to respond with a bold “Amen!” Several shouts of affirmation