With the Beijing Olympics just two weeks away, the Chinese suppression of Falun Gong continues. Here's an excellent overview of the situation. One piece that I hadn't been aware of was that - in clear violation of the Olympic Charter - Falun Gong practitioners from both inside and...

New York's Catskill Mountains were once known for its "Borscht Belt" resorts and summer camps for New York City kids. But today it's becoming a center for spiritual retreats. The Canadian Press has a story about this summer's Sufi, Christian, Jewish and Hindu retreats in the Catskills. Buddhism is represented by...

One of the earliest arguments offered by C.S. Lewis for believing in the existence of God can be labeled the 'Argument from Desire.' According to Lewis and other apologists, every desire is necessarily a desire for something, and every natural desire must have some object that will satisfy it. Since...