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May 8, 2008
5/08/08 Wong, McClatchy, US Consumers Rank Last In World Survey of Green Habits
May 5, 2008
5/05/08 Izuzndu, Oil & Gas Journal, OTC: $100 trillion needed to rebuild energy infrastructure
May 4, 2008
5/04/08 Kotlowitz, NYT, Blocking the Transmission of Violence
May 2, 2008
5/02/08 AP, 'An Evangelical Manifesto' criticizes politics of faith
5/02/08 Eccelston, Telegraph, Ape Genius reveals depth of animal intelligence
May 1, 2008
5/01/08 Leopold, IntelDaily, US Military Coordinated Day of Prayer Events With Christian Right Group
April 28, 2008
4/28/08 AP, CPS: Half of sect's teen girls have been pregnant
4/28/08 Samuelson, Newsweek, The Great Shopping Spree, R.I.P
April 22, 2008
4/22/08 Dennett & Winston, Guardian, Is religion a threat to rationality and science?
April 13, 2008
4/12/08 Deen, IPS, Family Planning Gets Mere Sliver of Aid Pie
April 12, 2008
4/12/08 Hanna, McClatchy, Small-town Texas was polygamist cult's safe haven
4/12/08 Douglas, McClatchy, Polygamist sect gets millions from U.S. government
4/12/08 Gaul, WP, Federal Panel Fails To Prevent Vicious Animal Testing
April 11, 2008
4/11/08 Bello, Asia Times, Capitalism at stake in climate crisis
April 8, 2008
4/08/08 Stoddard, Reuters, Over 400 children taken from Texas polygamist ranch
April 5, 2008
4/05/08 Reuters, 52 girls removed from Texas polygamist sect
April 2, 2008
4/02/08 Haldane, LAT, U.S. Muslims and Mormons share deepening ties
March 30, 2008
3/30/08 Onishi, NYT, Wed to Strangers, Vietnamese Wives Build Korean Lives
March 28, 2008
3/28/08 BBC, Oldest recorded voices sing again
March 24, 2008
3/24/08 CNN, Zen (dog) master: A new take on prayer position
March 19, 2008
3/19/08 Fisk, Independent, The only lesson we ever learn is that we never learn
March 18, 2008
3/18/08 Spence, Intel Daily, A Culture Of Death And Destruction
March 17, 2008
3/17/08 Allen, ITT, Pig Intestines, Downer Cows
March 12, 2008
3/12/08 CNN, Dolphin rescues stranded whales
March 10, 2008
3/10/08 AP, Drug Traces Common in Tap Water
March 2, 2008
3/02/08 Smith, WP, Relative Comfort
February 26, 2008
2/26/08 Dillon, NYT, History Survey Stumps U.S. Teens
2/26/08 Greve, McClatchy, Now showing: Map that gave America its name
February 22, 2008
2/22/08 Bittman, NYT, The Art of Waste
2/22/08 Abdollah, LAT, Gray Wolves To Lose Endangered Status; Critics Call Decision Short-Sighted
2/22/08 Abdollah, LAT, Gray Wolves To Lose Endangered Status; Critics Call Decision Short-Sighted
February 21, 2008
2/21/08 Hubbuch, La Crosse Tribune, A Peace of History Turns 50
February 18, 2008
2/18/08 Fleming, Telegraph, Shark Species Face Extinction, Says Research
February 15, 2008
2/15/08 CNN, James Bond-style amphibious car launched
February 13, 2008
2/13/08 Dugan, Independent, Exposed: The Long, Cruel Road to The Slaughterhouse
February 11, 2008
2/11/08 BBC, Fire ravages South Korea landmark
2/11/08 Roberts, NYT, In 2020, 1 in 7 People in U.S. May Be Foreign-Born
February 8, 2008
2/08/08 Rothberg, Nation, The Shame of St. Louis
2/08/08 Plaschke, LAT, Sign of times is a bad one for preps
February 7, 2008
2/07/08 Batty, Guardian, Archbishop backs sharia law for British Muslims
2/07/08 Montlake, CSM, Temple demolitions anger Malaysia Indians
February 6, 2008
2/06/08 Ridge, CSM, India's Christians see rise in hostility by Hindu extremists
February 4, 2008
2/04/08 Mercer, BBC, Aboriginal languages 'dying out'
February 2, 2008
2/02/08 Clifford, Lost negatives may shed new light on famed photographer
January 29, 2008
1/29/08 AP, Environmentalists Sue Over Rule That Would Allow Killing of Wolves
January 28, 2008
1/28/08 Barry, NYT, A Violation of Both the Law and the Spirit
January 21, 2008
1/21/08 BBC, Islam-West rift widens, poll says
January 20, 2008
1/20/08 Owen, Independent, Community? We don't know our neighbours
1/20/08 Templeton & Kellaway, Guardian, These were the days that shook the world
January 17, 2008
1/17/08 Stein, WP, Abortions Hit Lowest Number Since 1976
January 15, 2008
1/15/08 SteenHuysem, Reuters, New study blames Columbus for syphilis spread
January 12, 2008
1/12/08 Gledhill, TimesOnline, Backlash as more claim religion to get place in top schools
January 11, 2008
1/11/08 BBC, Waste violence strikes Sardinia
December 30, 2007
12/30/07 NYT, The Free Market: A False Idol After All?
December 27, 2007
12/27/07 Sharma, Independent, Hindu extremists burn down village churches
12/27/07 Gorski, AP, "Gospel of Wealth" Facing Scrutiny
December 26, 2007
12/26/07 Grice, Independent, Human greed is a threat to the planet, warns Williams
December 21, 2007
12/21/07 Berkowitz, IPS, POLITICS-US: Religious Right Bringing In 'More Money Than Ever'
12/21/07 Schecter, ABC, Evangelist Video Shot at Air Force Academy Exposed
12/21/07 Leopold, Truthout, Military Evangelism Deeper, Wider Than First Thought
December 16, 2007
12/16/07 Stein, WP, Abstinence Programs Face Rejection
December 15, 2007
12/15/07 Ferris, Wired, Science Cafés Tap Nation's Fascination With Research and Discoveries
December 10, 2007
12/10/07 Love, ITT, Hanging Hate
December 9, 2007
12/09/07 Lakshmi, WP, A Transgender TV Debut
December 6, 2007
12/06/07 Randerson, Guardian, Dogs smarter than we think, study shows
November 30, 2007
11/30/07 Kane, WP, Heritage Areas vs. Property Rights
11/30/07 Stratton, Guardian, Jailed teddy row teacher appeals for tolerance
November 25, 2007
11/25/07 Hutton, Guardian, Any more mistakes and we follow the US into crisis
November 23, 2007
11/23/07 Goldman, LA Times, Eco-Friendly Consumption? Critics Don't Buy It
November 8, 2007
11/08/07 Adler, BBC, Togetherness: Bedouin family ties
November 2, 2007
11/02/07 Llana, CSM, After teen suicides, an Argentine tribe outlaws 'white' vices
October 23, 2007
10/23/07 BBC, Obesity 'epidemic' turns global
October 21, 2007
10/21/07 Givhan, WP, Symbols of Hatred in the Shadows
October 17, 2007
10/17/07 WP, Birth-Control Foe To Run Office on Family Planning - HHS
October 14, 2007
10/14/07 Freking, AP, Depression Reported by 7% of Workforce
October 12, 2007
10/12/07 Rand, Independent, Guru of greed: The cult of selfishness - Ayn Rand
10/12/07 Curtis, Guardian, Study reveals stressed out 7-11 year-olds
October 4, 2007
10/04/07 Lampman, CSM, Are U.S. troops being force-fed Christianity?
October 1, 2007
10/01/07 Reuters, Study: Toddler TV-viewing Should Be Curbed by Age 5
September 29, 2007
9/29/07 McNeill, Independent, Japanese outraged by rewriting of Okinawa history
September 21, 2007
9/21/07 Asma, ITT, Holy Toyland
September 19, 2007
9/19/07 Soares, Independent, The languages of extinction: The world's endangered tongues
September 17, 2007
9/17/07 Lean, Independent, EU Watchdog Calls for Urgent Action on Wi-Fi Radiation
September 5, 2007
9/05/07 Kovach, NYT, Musician Is Killed for Banging on a Door
September 1, 2007
9/01/07 Salmon, WP, Bush Apologizes to Wiccan Soldier's Widow for Meeting Slip-Up
9/01/07 BBC, US senator to resign amid scandal
August 21, 2007
8/21/07 BBC, Copies of Nazi files transferred
August 18, 2007
8/18/07 Brown, AP, Camps Offer Comfort to Children Whose Fathers Were Killed in Iraq, Afghanistan
8/18/07 Rosen, NYT, Latest Genealogy Tools Create a Need to Know
August 15, 2007
8/15/07 Morris, Independent, Culture change needed to protect the elderly, say MPs
August 12, 2007
8/12/07 Dobson, Independent, Beautiful people earn 12% more than Ugly Bettys
August 7, 2007
8/07/07 Blumenthal, Nation, Kill Or Convert, Brought To You By the Pentagon
July 30, 2007
7/30/07 Smith-Spark, BBC, Faith-based toys to hit US stores
July 29, 2007
7/29/07 Asthana, Guardian, Medics warn of superpill's threat
July 23, 2007
7/23/07 BBC, Child depression drug use soars
July 22, 2007
7/22/07 AP, Road Closed After Drivers in California Behave Badly
7/22/07 BBC, Dubai skyscraper world's tallest
July 17, 2007
7/17/07 Rowland, Independent, What's behind the rise in allergic reactions?
July 3, 2007
7/3/07 Clayton, CSM, Off-road vehicles rev up controversy in public lands
7/13/07 Buncombe, Independent, Despair for Hindu pilgrims as ice stalagmite melts early
July 2, 2007
7/2/07 Stein, WP, Way to Shrink, Grow Fat Is Found
July 1, 2007
7/1/07 Oberman, AFO, Capitalism is Bad for Men's Health: Study
June 27, 2007
6/27/07 Ratlif, Wired, Google Maps Is Changing the Way We See the World
June 21, 2007
6/21/07 Perlstein, Nation, Will the Progressive Majority Emerge?
June 19, 2007
6/19/07 St. George, WP, Getting Lost in the Great Indoors
June 17, 2007
6/17/07 Singer, NYT, Erasing Tattoos, Out of Regret or for a New Canvas
June 16, 2007
6/16/07 Brown, NYT, In the Classroom, a New Focus on Quieting the Mind
6/16/07 Zamble, IPS, COTE D'IVOIRE: Forests Sacred No More
June 14, 2007
6/14/07 Lewis, NYT, Justice Dept. Reshapes Its Civil Rights Mission
June 13, 2007
6/13/07 Fan, WP, China Pushes Public To Mind Its Manners
June 12, 2007
6/12/07 AP, China's Growth Harms Heritage, Minister Warns
June 7, 2007
6/07/07Kuppasammy, IPS, MALAYSIA: Mired in Holy Quandary
June 6, 2007
6/06/07 Peterson, CSM, Shiites Rising: Islam's minority reaches new prominence
June 4, 2007
6/04/07 Vanden Heuvel, Nation, Sex and Reality
May 31, 2007
5/31/07 Reynolds, Nation, The Abstinence Gluttons
May 27, 2007
5/27/07 Lanchin, BBC, Anglicans 'obsessed' by gay issue
5/27/07 BBC, Low caste Indians seek to convert
May 25, 2007
5/25/07 Cooperman, WP, Army and Air Force Deny Formal Links To Christian Event
5/25/07 Connor, Independent, Babies can tell languages apart by facial expression
May 23, 2007
5/23/07 Goodstein, NYT, Gay and Dissident Bishops Excluded From '08 Meeting
May 21, 2007
5/21/07 Luo & Goodstein, NYT, Emphasis Shifts for New Breed of Evangelicals
May 20, 2007
5/20/07 Lewis, AP, Gingrich: Challenge 'radical secularism'
May 19, 2007
5/19/07 Dean, NYT, Evolution Opponent Is in Line for Schools Post
May 17, 2007
5/17/07 Crouch, Independent, Preacher power: America's God squad
May 16, 2007
5/16/07 Rosen, WP, For New Generation of Evangelicals, Falwell Was Old News
May 13, 2007
5/13/07 Henriques & Lehren, WP, Religious Groups Reap Federal Aid for Pet Projects
5/13/07 McCrummen, WP, Ethiopians Fear for Their Interfaith Oasis
May 12, 2007
5/12/07 Leahy, IPS, DEVELOPMENT: Can Capitalism Be Green?
May 10, 2007
5/10/07 Pualson, CSM, English 101 for bonobos
May 7, 2007
5/07/07 Rohter, NYT, As Pope Heads to Brazil, a Rival Theology Persists
May 5, 2007
5/05/07 Cohen, NYT, A Split Emerges as Conservatives Discuss Darwin
May 3, 2007
5/03/07 Ratzlav-Katz, ArutzSheva, Iran, Syria Hold Conferences on a 'Culture of Resistance'
May 2, 2007
5/02/07 Debussman, Reuters, Around Globe, Walls Spring Up to Divide Neighbors
April 30, 2007
4/30/07 Cornwell, Independent, Historical fact and fiction: All gone to look for America
April 28, 2007
4/28/07 Guardian, Islamic street preachers
April 26, 2007
4/26/07 BBC, Gere faces Indian arrest warrant
April 24, 2007
4/24/07 Friedman, NYT, Understanding Empathy: Can You Feel My Pain?
4/24/07 Farhi & Ahrens, WP, FCC Seeks To Rein In Violent TV Shows
4/24/07 Banerjee, NYT, Use of Wiccan Symbol on Veterans' Headstones Is Approved
April 23, 2007
4/23/07 Heath, WP, The Top Drawer
April 22, 2007
4/22/07 Vedantan, WP, Cho's Case Similar to Other Mass Killings by Loners
4/22/07 Independent, Deadly games - They're bloody. But can they make you a killer?
4/22/07 Riddell, Guardian, The true nature of modern loss
April 19, 2007
4/19/07 Toner, NYT, Court Ruling Catapults Abortion Back Into '08 Race
4/19/07 Greenhouse, NYT, In Reversal, Justices Back Ban on Method of Abortion
4/19/07 BBC, Virginia gunman sent final video
April 18, 2007
4/18/07 Rice-Oxley, CSM, British shed 'war on terror' language
4/18/07 Moore, WP, Va. Killings Widely Seen as Reflecting a Violent Society
4/18/07 Cornwell, Independent, Is there a link between America's lax gun laws and the high murder rate?
4/18/07 Vicini, Reuters, Supreme Court Upholds Law Banning Some Abortions
April 17, 2007
4/17/07 Wilford, NYT, Almost Human, and Sometimes Smarter
April 15, 2007
4/15/07 AP, Conclusions Are Reported on Teaching of Abstinence
April 13, 2007
4/13/07 Al Jazeera, Malaysia issues fatwa on ghosts
April 8, 2007
4/08/07 Barnes, Independent, Darwin's doubts revealed in his letters to friends
April 6, 2007
4/06/07 Queiroz, IPS, PORTUGAL: Extreme Right to Host Anti-Immigrant Conference
April 3, 2007
4/03/07 Vedantam, WP, Criteria for Depression Are Too Broad, Researchers Say
March 31, 2007
3/31/07 Usborne, Independent, Communist Party people: The secret history of Red America
March 29, 2007
3/29/07 Asia Times, Exurbia: Built on paradox and hypocrisy
March 28, 2007
3/28/07 Johnson, NYT, Teenager Casts Light on a Shadowy Game
March 27, 2007
3/27/07 Friesen, Globe & Mail, NATO's Potty Rules Shut out Afghans
March 25, 2007
3/25/07 Martin, NYT, Will Diners Still Swallow This?
3/25/07 Bahrampour, WP, Students Learn to Seal the Deal, African Style
March 24, 2007
3/24/07 BBC, Time change marking end of an era
March 23, 2007
3/23/07 Bernstein, NYT, In Secret, Polygamy Follows Africans to N.Y.
March 19, 2007
3/19/07 Vedantam, WP, Behavior May Suggest We're Not Only Human
March 14, 2007
3/14/07 Ryan, BBC, Ghana's secret gay community
March 12, 2007
3/12/07 Cieply, NYT, On Screens Soon, Abused Earth Gets Its Revenge
March 11, 2007
3/11/07 Hafner, NYT, History, Digitized (and Abridged)
3/11/07 Shapira, WP, Modern-Day 3 R's: Rules, Rules, Rules
3/11/07 Cooperman, WP, Evangelical Body Stays Course on Warming
March 9, 2007
3/09/07 Popham, Independent, Sharks hunted to extinction in the Mediterranean
3/09/07 Huggler, Independent, Alarm as world's rarest lions targeted by poachers
March 8, 2007
3/08/07 Sander, NYT, Suicide Shootings at Schools in Michigan and Texas
March 7, 2007
3/07/07 BBC, Robotic age poses ethical dilemma
March 6, 2007
3/06/07 Frosch, NYT, Layoffs Follow Scandal at Colorado Megachurch
3/06/07 Childs, BBC, Israel, Iran top 'negative list'
March 4, 2007
3/04/07 Blumenthal, Nation, CPAC: The Unauthorized Documentary
February 28, 2007
2/28/07 Ritchey, CSM, Supreme Court takes up church-state case
2/28/07 Hickman, Independent, Are supermarkets changing our way of life, and should we be alarmed?
February 25, 2007
2/25/07 Kirkpatrick, NYT, Christian Right Labors to Find '08 Candidate
2/25/07 Portis, CounterPunch, Zionism and the United States
2/25/07 Naylor, CounterPunch, Inside Islamic Charity
February 24, 2007
2/24/07 Arnold, BBC, Russia's disappearing languages
February 21, 2007
2/21/07 Leahy, IPS, Report Blames Factory Farms for Bird Flu
February 19, 2007
2/19/07 Hardy, BBC, The middle ground on Islam and West
February 18, 2007
2/18/07 Bosman, NYT, With One Word, Children's Book Sets Off Uproar
2/18/07 Owen, Independent, 4,000 for a single bottle of Hitler's birthday wine
February 17, 2007
2/17/07 Mercer, BBC, Cargo cult lives on in South Pacific
February 8, 2007
2/08/07 Yardley, NYT, Gaping Reminders of Aging and Crumbling Pipes
February 7, 2007
2/07/07 Banerjee, NYT, Ousted Pastor 'Completely Heterosexual'
February 5, 2007
2/05/07 Vedantam, WP, A Game of Magical Thinking Leaves Reality on the Sidelines
2/05/07 Elliott, NYT, Super Bowl Ads of Cartoonish Violence, Perhaps Reflecting Toll of War
February 4, 2007
2/04/07 Woolf, Independent, Animal-human hybrid embryos get go-ahead
February 3, 2007
2/03/07 Reel, WP, Brazilians' Arrest Focuses Scrutiny on Evangelical Groups
January 31, 2007
1/31/07 Simmons, NYT, After Shooting, Amish School Embodies Effort to Heal
1/31/07 Ambah, WP, In Legacy of a Revered Martyr, Saudi Shiites Find Sustenance
January 30, 2007
1/30/07 Johnson, McClatchy, Attitudes toward homosexuality relax in China, but pressures remain
January 28, 2007
1/28/07 Goldfarb, WP, Jeb Bush Rallies Conservatives at Summit
1/28/07 Townsend, Independent, Porn group turns its back on Wall Street
1/28/07 Elkins, Independent, Muslims urged to refuse 'un-Islamic' vaccinations
January 26, 2007
1/26/07 Zizek, ITT, In You More Than Yourself
January 23, 2007
1/23/07 Carrey, NYT, Do You Believe in Magic?
January 19, 2007
1/19/07 Flesher, AP, Judge's Footnote On Adultery Stirs a Tempest In Michigan
January 16, 2007
1/16/07 Roberts, NYT, 51% of Women Are Now Living Without Spouse
January 15, 2007
1/15/07 Boorstein, WP, A Mission of Understanding
1/15/07 BBC, Millions bathe in India's Ganges
January 6, 2007
1/06/07 McNeill, Independent, Bloodbath: Japan's dolphin cull gets underway
January 2, 2007
1/02/07 Overbye, NYT, Free Will: Now You Have It, Now You Don't
1/02/07 Smith, NYT, Middle-Class French Join Sleep-In Over Homelessness
January 1, 2007
1/01/07 Baggini, Independent, Stop all the clocks: Julian Baggini on the tyranny of time
1001/07 Jha, Guardian, No religion and an end to war: how thinkers see the future