1. Public schools flout national laws on religious instruction
(Religion/Enforced religion)

... to the children in their classes only starting with real school subjects at 08:45 or even nine ’o clock: nearly an hour after the school has officially opened. Just one example of the outrageo...

2. Losing Our Spines to Save Our Necks
(Religion/Enforced religion)

... the problem of Islam, I and others must raise a mountain of private funds to help pay for her round-the-clock protection. The problem is not, as is often alleged, that governments cannot afford to pr...

3. The Great Afterlife Debate: Michael Shermer v. Deepak Chopra
(Religion/General)

...t is stuck or doesn’t slide properly; keys that you can’t remember what they go to; watch or clock that no longer works. Here are some common peculiarities about people that are bound to g...

4. Vatican calls on the faithful for mass apology for sex scandals
(Religion/General)

...etual adoration" of the eucharist. This would involve parishioners taking turns to keep a round-the-clock vigil in front of a consecrated host representing the body of Jesus. The initiative has a...