America’s mission in attempting to democratize Iraq and perhaps the rest of the Middle East is motivated by a peculiar blend of pragmatism and altruism. It is America’s moral duty to spread democracy.

Controversy invaded the College of the Holy Cross, a private Catholic Jesuit liberal arts college in Worcester, Mass., after the school has abruptly decided to remove its traditional logo and mascot, ...

Emma Watson Cannot Have It Both Ways in Her Feud with J. K. Rowling The Great Relearning Audio By Carbonatix A liberal, the old joke attributed to Robert Frost goes, is someone too broad-minded to ...

Is there a historical episode less understood by the general public and more urgently in need of clarification than the Crusades? To some on the right, the Crusades prefigured the modern wars that ...

Planned as a holy war to retake Jerusalem, the Fourth Crusade ended in disaster when crusaders sacked Christian ...

LAB COAT, goggles, gloves—this is the equipment I expect a chemist to wear when embarking on a scientific quest. But I'm beginning to wonder whether more of us shouldn't be sporting swords, shields, ...

Get ready for it, please – because it won’t be too amusing. Today, tomorrow and for the rest of the week, UMass hoop critics from around New England will rise up once more and remind us all why the ...

In the wake of every mass shooting in this country, we have a brief moment where we talk about the guns used and the need for gun control. And then rapidly, the gun lobby, conservative politicians, ...

Paradox Interactive announced another new expansion for Crusader Kings II, which will take players on a whole new holy war. Crusader Kings II: Holy Fury gives players charge of a body of righteous ...