Thursday's News & Ideas
Why am I back in church?
The New York Times: Even baby boomers might one morning come to find themselves in the kind of a place where icons are revered, not smashed.
Contraception and religious liberty
The New York Times: Federal court decision is a victory for women and religious freedom.
Amendment 8 pits religious groups against backers of church-state separation
Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel: Dead almost 120 years, James Blaine -- the GOP presidential candidate in 1884 -- is making an appearance in Florida's 2012 election.
Wole Soyinka: Religion doesn't justify mayhem
The Root: A Nobel laureate says we must stop excusing religion's role in crimes against humanity.
Can the Vatican survive the age of digital media?
The Atlantic: Some institutions may not adapt to 21st-century radical transparency.
The Spark
How science explains America's great moral divide
In an interview with Scientific American, researcher Jonathan Haidt delves into the psychology of the red state/blue state divide, and offers hope for reconciliation.
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