1. On a wing and a prayer
(Religion/Enforced religion)

...yone's notion of God. You could start with our own Bill of Rights or any playground lesson on doing unto others as you'd like done unto you (which, incidentally, is a principle predating the c...

2. Americans pray at the pump for cheaper petrol
(Religion/General)

...man had dire words of warning for those who are raking in profits from high fuel prices. "Woe be unto those people that are really greedy and taking advantage of American families," he pro...

3. Hatred and Ignorance on the Web
(Religion/General)

...an’s Talmud for more). And further more, Mark 7:12; Luke 6:31; Romans 13:10 all cite: “Do unto others as you would have done unto you - that is the message of the Law and the Prophets.&r...

4. The Moral Instinct
(Religion/General)

...le have shuddered at all kinds of morally irrelevant violations of purity in their culture: touching an untouchable, drinking from the same water fountain as a Negro, allowing Jewish blood to mix with...

5. Clinical trials and playing by the rules
(Medicine/General)

It is rare that a bad pharma story is left untouched by the media, but this one unfolded while everyone was drunk in December and perhaps was just too geeky. Luckily, you share my taste for details. E

6. Study holds new promise for spinal injuries
(Good news/All)

...long nerve fibers on each side of the spinal cord in different places and at different times. They left untouched the spinal cord's center, which contains a connected series of shorter nerve pathw...