Anthrax and the Road to War

Newsweek carries an excerpt from The Bush Tragedy, by Slate editor Jacob Weisberg. Something that stands out is the role he says the anthrax scare of 2001 played in the decision to go to war in Iraq. The anthrax attacks in New York and Washington created a sense of vulnerability that was in many respects…

Are Americans “Becoming More Hindu”?

That’s the claim of BU professor Stephen Prothero, as quoted by Lisa Miller in the latest Newsweek. According to a 2003 Harris poll, 40 percent of people aged 25 to 29 believed they would return to earth in a different body after they die. … Stephen Prothero, religion professor at Boston University and a student…