Jonathan Zasloff , an environmental law professor at UCLA, has an interesting post up at Legal Planet about the role of environmentalism and religion, a topic I’ve touched on here at Switchboard before.  Zasloff is taking a course on Jewish theology and environmental consciousness

In Herman Wouk’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Caine Mutiny, the abrasive captain of a minesweeper is relieved of command by his executive officer during a typhoon. Like Captain Bligh in Mutiny on the Bounty, Captain Queeg (played in the film version of the story by Humphrey Bogart)

As Andrew Sullivan has chronicled, it has been a couple of exciting weeks for those who hope technology will unleash a wave of democratization.   T exts, tweets and technorati have surely

I have been struggling to clarrify my thoughts on Michael Jackson’s death. It looks like Andrew Sullivan, in his blog for The Nation , did for me when he wrote that, while … Sullivan wrote: “That culture is ours, and it is a lethal and brutal one: With fame and celebrity

The American Clean Energy and Security Act passed in the House this Friday by a narrow margin of 219-212, and US lawmakers immediately began patting themselves on the back. Rep. Henry Waxman touted the bill as “decisive and historic action to promote America’s energy security and to create millions of clean energy jobs that will drive our

In a move that closes the gap between two White House administrations, numerous government agencies and a year-old act of Congress, … of this ban.” Blogger Andrew Sullivan, who has been a long-time advocate on the issue, also noted

Well, we just received word that we’ve been chosen as one of the “Best 100 LGBT Blogs” by the UK’s Lesbian & Gay Foundation.  How great is that?The list includes some of the heavy hitters, Andrew Sullivan, Joemygod, and towleroad and we’re happy to be included among them. As the editors wrote:”LGF online have scoured the internet to bring