Attention all Democratic candidates campaign managers media consultants and constituency organizers If there is not a dog-eared frequently underlined copy of Amy Sullivan rsquo s The Party Faithful on your bookshelf soon please quit Sullivan who is the nation editor at Time magazine writes
There are millions of immigrant stories in the naked city Intern is one of them mdash the story of the New York cardiologist and author Sandeep Jauhar Born in India in 1968 he came to the United States nine years later with his parents and siblings His father was a plant geneticist who did not g
The word ldquo Pentecost rdquo derives from the Greek word for ldquo fifty rdquo It marks 50 days after Passover on the Jewish calendar and 50 days after Easter on the Christian calendar Among Jews it is known as Shebuot or ldquo Weeks rdquo and celebrates the giving of the Law to Moses on M
Who are the “new atheists”? Broadly speaking, they are a collection of writers who have come together in recent years in their disdain for the very idea of God. They regard religion as the last bastion of superstition, obscurantism and fear and see the Christian churches as dedicated to
Gertrude Stein lay dying. Stomach cancer had finally forced her to undergo surgery in an American hospital on the fringes of Paris. Preparing for the operation, she asked her lifelong companion, Alice B. Toklas, “What is the answer?” Alice said nothing. Time passed. Gertrude spoke again:
As an Australian, I want to add to Margaret Silf’s “Sorry Business” (4/21): The apology given by our prime minister was extremely significant because it was delivered on behalf of the government to the indigenous peoples wronged by government policy.