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Religion
Do People Blow Your Mind? You Just Might Be a Humanist: HyperKulture
Some people experience overwhelming awe in church, some on magnificent mountaintops, some in elegant equations. But some…
The Friday 5: Say What? Edition
The best of the week at EcoSalon, hand-quoted for your perusing pleasure. “What to make of news that the Saudis ar…
Behind the Veil in Kuala Lumpur
An American writer’s trip to Kuala Lumpur and her first hand experience with wearing a veil. The formidable Margar…
Interview: Gay in America by Scott Pasfield
Gay rights, gay marriage, and Rick Perry’s war. Rick Perry’s recent campaign ad, which makes an inexplicable…
The Divided States of America
American culture circa 2011: Land of the partisans, home of the tribes. We are a nation divided – by religion, by …
9 More Things You Don’t Need to Be Happy
After days spent racking my brain to choose nine things you don’t need to be happy, now I can’t keep more fr…
The Beige Report: A ‘Green’ Noah’s Ark. Really.
Green. Recently, the mere mention of the word has started to make me cringe. In an attempt to market a multifaceted issu…