Joshua Muravchik is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. For the Arab world, 2005 may be remembered as the year of the election. Today, Palestinians will choose a new president.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

After more than three years of high hopes, this was the big day. At 2801 East Washington Street in Phoenix, in a new sky-blue, concrete-block building, the first issue of a metropolitan daily ...

Old South Church is one of Boston’s best-known churches. It is a flagship congregation of the United Church of Christ, the denomination that I serve. Founded in 1669, the congregation is proud of its ...

Letter to the Editor: CUFI Explains its Motives. Over the past months, the White House has convened a series of off-the-record meetings about its policies in the Middle East with leaders of Christians ...

Let’s not bash traditional Christian answers to disaster, only keep them in context. The December 26 tsunami in the Indian Ocean triggered a tidal wave of commentaries on the relationship of God to ...

The Sun is literally a middle-aged star; approaching the midpoint between its birth over 4 billion years ago and its eventual death about 6 billion years from now. But the Sun is one of hundreds of ...

Clint Eastwood’s new movie is doing strong business and seems positioned for several awards, so it’s all the more puzzling why this grizzled old pro had such difficulty assembling the funding for ...

For the Arab world, 2005 may be remembered as the year of the election. Today, Palestinians will choose a new president. Three weeks later, Iraqis will elect a national assembly. This will be only the ...