By Peter Manseau When Pope Benedict XVI visited Auschwitz in 2006, the prayer service he led began with the words “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Words from the Psalms, they no doubt had been uttered within the prison gates before, by Jews praying as Jews in their final day...

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Scientific Miracles Of Quran expansion of the universe Extra tags The story of Jesus in the Islamic tradition. Muslims believe in the Virgin Birth, that Jesus performed miracles, and that he is the Messiah. They don't believe he was crucified, but he was taken up to heaven by God and will return to ...

Discomfiting as it is to say so, President Barack Obama was right to cut Charles Freeman loose—but not for the reasons that Freeman's foes might think. [more ...]...

Dogs and balls just seem to go together but for one dog, a ball went a bit too far.  Bob Larson was playing ball with his 7-year-old chocolate lab, Nick, when the ball lodged in his throat, choking... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]...

At the San Diego Zoo, 11-year-old lowland gorilla female Azizi was trying hard to care for her firstborn baby. Frank, a healthy male, was born September 4, 2008. Azizi, who was hand reared, was cradling the infant and keeping him close to her body to provide warmth. Though Frank weighed in at a whop...

Ovarian cancer, which is known as the silent killer because it's so hard to detect in early stages, killed 15,000-plus women in the US last year. But now, doctors are a step closer to developing a way to screen for it. [Us News & World Report] Mandy Moore and Ryan Adams, who just got engaged...

Titles and short fiction I’m in the middle of what I’d like to pretend is a raging debate, but it’s more like a desultory email discourse, into titles. For complicated reasons I did some editing for an anthology while somebody else was ill. Somebody else is now back, so I’ve stepped out of t...

First time I met her was a Monday morning, 9 a.m. freshman Intro to Advertising. After an hour of no teacher and 65 students chirping about walking out, Lynette walks in, slams some books on a desk and yells, Hey! Anybody got a cigarette?! It was classic. Kthfrontcovsmall111008 copy 1 We all hit the...