These are trying times, and political discourse isn’t making the world any better. Rather than nuanced and complex discussions about policy and leadership, we find a lot of debate over painfully partisan talking points and 140 character tweets. The end of last week proved no ...read more

President Obama took to the airwaves Sunday night for a rare prime-time Oval Office address that aimed to quiet the fear and anxiety that have arisen in the wake of the San Bernardino killings and the attacks in Paris, France. Obama called the shootings in San Bernardino an "act ...read more

"There is, of course, nothing wrong with an anti-theistic worldview, though I personally find it to be rooted in a naive and, dare I say, unscientific understanding of religion – one thoroughly disconnected from the history of religious thought." - Reza Aslan If there is a ...read more

If you haven't seen this Fox News interview with academic and author Reza Aslan, stop what you are doing and check it out. Aslan was supposedly asked on the show to talk about his book about the history of Jesus of Nazareth, and was instead subjected to a series of stunningly ...read more