Mohammed was not an apparent failure. He was a dazzling success, politically as well as spiritually, and Islam went from read more

Mohammed was not an apparent failure. He was a dazzling success, politically as well as spiritually, and Islam went from strength to strength to strength.

There are few actions on Earth more profane than a governmental dream holding hostage the well-being of humanity. When such read more

There are few actions on Earth more profane than a governmental dream holding hostage the well-being of humanity. When such an abrogation occurs, the moral obligation between the government and the people dissolves, and ethics is reduced to insignificance.

It's hard to imagine that many people come to our small city every year.

It's hard to imagine that many people come to our small city every year.

It's been a goal of ours all season to get back to that state championship. We've all been so focused read more

It's been a goal of ours all season to get back to that state championship. We've all been so focused on that goal, and we're working as hard as we can to get it.

Because of the lack of transparency, we don't know whether the commander is a scapegoat, or if he is only read more

Because of the lack of transparency, we don't know whether the commander is a scapegoat, or if he is only one of many who should be arrested. The investigation must be conducted openly for people to have confidence that powerful figures will not be protected.

Judaism lives not in an abstract creed, but in its institutions

Judaism lives not in an abstract creed, but in its institutions

It wasn't him; it must have been some forces behind

It wasn't him; it must have been some forces behind

Fighting Words: The Origins of Religious Violence

Fighting Words: The Origins of Religious Violence

Sometimes you're overwhelmed when a thing comes, and you do not realize the magnitude of the affair at that moment. read more

Sometimes you're overwhelmed when a thing comes, and you do not realize the magnitude of the affair at that moment. When you get away from it, you wonder, did it really happen to you