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When we say that all religions are the same, we’re trivializing them.

OK, I’ve mangled the line by Professor Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady, but a recent news story put that quote in mind — but with a twist. Scientists writing for the Journal of Neuroscience discovered that giving men a dose of the hormone oxytocin gave …

As I’ve said before, I get many of my ideas for this blog just by reading the reader comments. One theme that has come up quite a bit recently is the perception that Boundless is biased — sometimes subtly, sometimes not so subtly — against men. Some …

I was on a plane yesterday. And so I grabbed for the nearest reading material, which happened to be Hemispheres Inflight Magazine. I began reading an article about the upcoming documentary Babies. Directed by Thomas Balmes, the film is already receivin …

Over the past year or so I’ve been learning a lot about love. Only it didn’t end up being the lesson I thought it would be. As is the case with a lot of us, I usually think of love in a romantic context. And certainly that’s a powerful example of love, …

Relationships add up. Multiple relationships on the way to a later-in-life marriage can’t help but affect that marriage. It’s a dangerous myth that what you experience in one relationship has no bearing on what will happen in a subsequent relationship …

“Climate change is the totalitarian’s dream come true. It offers a rationale for government intrusion into every aspect of life for every person on Earth.” Strong words, from a speaker at the Family Research Council on Earth Day last week. But if anyon …

There used to be a cooking show on network TV that I watched during one of my seasons of morning sickness. It was before I knew about the Food Network, and since we’ve rarely had cable, and never satellite, it was the best option during hours of occupy …