Writer / directors Joel and Ethan Coen’s latest cerebral masterpiece is a fable on the purpose of morality, and the reasons for…

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The act of reading is an act of decoding. Until our everyday habits are disrupted, we don’t realize how complex a process it is. How…

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A New Testament scholar reviews Dan Brown's novel The Da Vinci Code.

This wide-ranging collection of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks' writing and speeches offers plenty of food for thought.