When Dr. Laura Schlessinger announced she was quitting her syndicated radio show in 2010, it called to mind — for ‘America’ magazine editor James Martin — a response to her occasional fundamentalist ...

A HARDCORE punk band from Bournemouth will headline a London venue next month. Five-piece outfit Phalanax will perform at the Amersham Arms in south London on March 15. They will be supported by ...

Could a 10% flat tax — based on traditional notions of tithing — bring more sanity and equity to the U.S. tax code?

All at once, hundreds of students at Auburn High School got up and walked out together, many carrying signs and flags, all in support of immigrant rights. Many people, even staff members, were ...

I spoke up in my class and said that I think hope is not just positivity or optimism but being able to recognize a difficult circumstance, one that appears unlikely to change for the better, and yet ...

Rabbi Alan Rabishaw moves to the back of the room at Temple Or Rishon in Orangevale and opens a set of doors and a curtain at the back of the room. This is the ark, a place where the temple keeps its ...

The statement “an eye for an eye” is in this week’s Torah portion, Mishpatim (Exodus 21:1–24:18). At first glance, this ...

The beards of Orthodox priests are some of their most striking attributes, marking them as different from other Western ...

The state’s best regional talent was in action again during round two of the Andrew Johns and Laurie Daley Cup competitions.

In the Old Testament, God gave detailed instructions for how to handle sacrifices regarding a vow. Leviticus had multiple restrictions for vow offerings, such as the sacrificial animal had to ...

In the late 20th and early 21st centuries, both the Catholic Church and various Protestant groups have been rocked by and ...