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The Religious Roots of the Wilderness Act
When Howard Zahniser was drafting the Wilderness Act—which marks its 50th anniversary today—he confided to a colleague that he wished he were writing poetry instead. …
By Michael Schulson
Report
Moral Mondays Return to Raleigh
The Reverend William J. Barber, II, is only 50, but he walks with a limp and a cane, and he perpetually leans forward, as if …
By Michael Schulson
Review
Darwin, Hitler, and the Hijacking of Evolutionary Theory
Was Hitler a Darwinian? Disputed Questions in the History of Evolutionary Theory By Robert J. RichardsThe University of Chicago Press, 2013 Biology is not ideology. But with evolution, …
By Michael Schulson
Essay
Radical Mission: What is Aish HaTorah Trying to Teach Young Jews?
On my first visit to Jerusalem, in the summer of 2011, I asked an ultra-Orthodox Jew for directions to the nearest ritual bath. The man …
By Michael Schulson
Review
Searching for the New Mind of the South
The New Mind of the SouthBy Tracy ThompsonSimon & Schuster, 2013 W hen the journalist W.J. Cash set out to describe the American South, back …
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