These are the days of miracle and wonder, according to Paul Simon, and when you consider how quickly public opinion has changed on same-sex marriage in the past twenty-two years—68 percent opposition in 1996 to 67 percent support in... Read More

As a meat eater, are you 100 percent comfortable with the inner workings of slaughterhouses? Do you think about the last hours of the pigs who supply your bacon at breakfast, or the chickens who make the ultimate sacrifice for your Happy... Read More

Isms here and isms there—let’s run through the gamut: racism, sexism, classism, ageism, ableism, heterosexism. Talk about a hornet’s nest of trouble. Proud sponsors of murder, persecution, prejudice, and just plain ol’ rudeness... Read More

The universe is endlessly mysterious—there’s far more out there that we don’t understand than what can be explained. The desire to face the great unknown is what drives inquisitive minds into physics, astronomy, medicine, and other... Read More

We always imagined these Foreword FaceOff interviews to be—secretly, perhaps—a reviewer’s dream come true. The chance to ask a favorite author a slew of questions about anything at all, what’s not to love? And don’t think our... Read More

Since his bout with throat cancer three-plus years ago, Editor-in-Chief Matt Sutherland has been hot to discover new books on cancer prevention. Well aware that cancer loves nothing more than to aggressively reappear, Matt reviews the... Read More

Diversity brings about lots of exciting changes to a population, and those of us who embrace a multicultured, pluralist society believe that our lives would be boring without continuous influx and blending of different cultures. In a... Read More

Who among us wouldn’t benefit from a long stint in a Japanese Buddhist temple—sitting quietly, tending lotus plants and koi, eating honest food? For many wired-up Americans with chatterboxes for brains, the thought of such a retreat... Read More