After all that has been said about the event known as “The Response” that is scheduled for Reliant Stadium this weekend, it is not easy to think of anything new, but since many people haven’t gotten the message, some things… Continue Reading
Everyone in the country, it seems, has an opinion about the Islamic community center planned for near — not at — the site of the World Trade Center attack. President Obama weighed in last week, though he appears to have… Continue Reading
Over the weekend, the Houston Chronicle published a commentary by Elaine Howard Ecklund that calls for Houston’s clergy and scientific community to engage in a “radical dialogue” that would put the city “at the vanguard of discussions about religion and… Continue Reading
In 1989, astronomer Carl Sagan — one of the best public communicators of science of our time — said that “Ignorance of science threatens our economic well-being, national security and the democratic process. We must do better.” Twenty years later,… Continue Reading