Is the soul for real? A new book by David Barash says no and explains why we are better off without this psychological ...

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Murphy's Giving Market, a food pantry in Upper Darby, Pa., was started not by a nonprofit or government agency, but by one ...

Fastvold was eager to challenge such thinking, and in the life of Ann Lee — her ecstasy, her delirium, her idealistic belief ...

For the Psalms of David were not written only by David. They include the voices of Levites, Temple singers, the descendants of Korach, families of visionaries — yet all shared one thing: they were ...

From ‘The Wizard of Oz’ to ‘Citizen Kane’ to ‘Sunset Boulevard,’ these canonical staples really are as good as everybody says ...

Once you put people into categorical boxes, you are inviting them to see history as a zero-sum conflict between this group and that one. And sure enough, today we live in a political, ...

True reform in the public service comes from integrating tradition with innovation, not chasing novelty or shortcuts.

Cliff's career peaked with "The Harder They Come," but, after a break in the late 1970s, he worked for decades with the ...

WMMR-FM is planning a special tribute concert next month to honor legendary Philadelphia radio personality Pierre Robert, who ...

Happy Thanksgiving! David McGrath is formerly of Hayward; is an emeritus professor of English at the College of DuPage in ...

As you settle into your Thanksgiving leftovers and decorating your tree (if you haven’t already, we fully support decorating ...