For many years, I have been a political independent, studying candidates for each office and voting for the one I believe is ...

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The scholar Elaine Pagels discusses her research about ancient accounts suggesting that Jesus’ father might have been a Roman ...

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The 10 days of events that ended Tuesday (Dec. 17) drew hundreds from around the world to this minor provincial capital in ...