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Sam Harris: It is Always Now

I am an avid reader of all things Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins.  I totally enjoy their frank and clear point of view regarding religion, philosophy and meaning of life.  Here Sam gives a pretty good laydown on how much we waste time always hoping for future when we...

Pastor Yousef: Convert or Die – Tehran delays execution to try to force Christians to apostalize

Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani, the Iranian Christian cleric facing death for the crime of apostasy against an Islamic faith he never held, has been given a temporary stay of execution. Iran’s top judge, Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani, instructed presiding Judge Ghazi...

Saudi woman beheaded for ‘witchcraft and sorcery’

A woman was beheaded in Saudi Arabia for practicing witchcraft and sorcery, the kingdom's Interior Ministry said, prompting Amnesty International to call for a halt in executions there. Amina bint Abdel Halim Nassar was executed Monday for having "committed the...

Dr. King Weeps From His Grave

THE Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial was to be dedicated on the National Mall on Sunday — exactly 56 years after the murder of Emmett Till in Mississippi and 48 years after the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. (Because of Hurricane Irene, the...