Should Clergy Surrender Their Control of Education?

The university must be free of all control, not only by the church, but also by the corporation, government or even its wealthy patrons. Only then can the institution discover and embrace its true identity. The same can be said of many Jewish and Muslim institutions,...

Saddam Sets a Trap for Bush

He is a good man, this 43rd President of the United States—a strong leader suited for these turbulent times. His noble aspirations to rid the world of terror are, however, compromised by American lust for Iraqi oil and Christian anger at Islamic rhetoric—not to...

Telling the Stories That Make a Difference

We thus ended the day not staring at some electronic box dramatizing stories fabricated for our entertainment, but gathered as families have done for millennia and more, telling the stories that really matter, of the moments and movements that have made us who we are,...

The Church Alumni Association

The Church Alumni Association is one of the largest organizations in the United States. Except that it isn’t really an organization. In fact, “disorganization” is a better word, if an adjective can be used as a noun. It consists of people who have...