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By R.A. Mathews Life had weathered him. In 1948, on the heels of WWII, Winston Churchill famously said, “Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”  The Bible contains many such ...

Critic Bethanne Patrick recommends 10 promising new titles — fiction and nonfiction — to consider in February.

Jews need to, and are entitled to, reclaim the heart of our tradition: that Jews and Christians sometimes think about love in ...

Researchers took samples from the tooth in 2016. The results, not widely disseminated, showed it was from someone in the 5th ...

"Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters has been on a roll making controversial decisions and generating ...

This week we shall consider “Gnosticism,” a movement which was similar in some ways to Christianity but in other ways very ...

Many well-intentioned people still struggle to understand what exactly constitutes antisemitism and when anti-Israel rhetoric ...

Much of what we believe is based on intuition, faith, subjective experience, and trust in what others tell us.

The Hebrew Bible, which Christians call the Old Testament, offers instructions about celebrating a Jubilee every 50 years.

Proposal: “Executive Summaries” Formal Title: Optimizing Linguistic Efficiency in Legislature Effect: Removes words with four ...

Within hours of taking office, Donald Trump signed a slew of executive orders that together signal a nation determined to ...