One of the Super Bowl 2013’s most popular commercials was also its most unconventional. Dodge Ram ran a commercial featuring stirring imagery and speech given by Paul Harvey in the 1970’s but the message was powerful. “So God made a farmer” was the main takeaway which was a big win for the car manufacturer and farmers themselves.
In Bangladesh, violence against the tiny Buddhist community has been rare.
Scientology released a provocative ad during the 2013 Super Bowl.
Only religion-affiliated institutions, such as Catholic hospitals or universities, will be exempt from the mandate.
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, visiting Germany as his country was in turmoil, was forced to address offensive remarks about Jews that emerged recently.
The Boy Scouts is looking to remove gay restrictions from its national policy. Here's the full text of its announcement.
The latest lawsuit filed against the Church of Scientology could be a turning point in a decades-long struggle for opponents to expose the church's financial misdeeds.
Morsi isn't alone: Anti-Semitism in the Middle East is mainstream. Here's what some others have said about Jews, Judaism and the Holocaust.
Forty years after Roe v. Wade, scientists still haven't quite come to a consensus on the thorny bioethical issues associated with abortion.
Now home in California, Sophie Schmidt published some notes on North Korea under a headline, “It might not get weirder than this.”
Click here to check out a word cloud infographic of President Barack Obama's 2013 Inauguration speech, which provides an interesting look at his priorities for his second term in the office.
A few hundred people in a settlement in the West Bank vote for both Israeli and Palestinian elections. To the Samaritans, the privilege isn't always a blessing.
After issuing a press release declaring their intention to protest the funeral of Internet activist Aaron Swartz, members of the Westboro Baptist Church were nowhere to be found outside the ceremony on Tuesday.
There is plenty of anticipation for “The Canyons” although it may not be the type of attention a filmmaker wants. In the latest clip from the film, Lohan’s character is seen being abused by her co-star Deen and it seems like the intrigue for “The Canyons” lies in how trashy the movie will be.
The Louisiana Science Education Act specifically names evolution among the topics singled out for supplemental critiques, along with global warming and cloning.
The Atlantic magazine issued an apology after a sponsored blog post about the Church of Scientology sparked a backlash on Twitter.
Anonymous has promised to protect Aaron Swartz's funeral against a planned protest by the Westboro Baptist Church as part of a larger movement the group is planning in the wake of Swartz's death.
Howard Stern wants to apologize to Golden Globe-winning "Girls" creator Lena Dunham for calling her a "little fat girl."
Poland and India, which have virtually nothing in common, have nonetheless long enjoyed close and cordial relations.
A federal appeals court panel is considering whether photos of Osama bin Laden's body should be released.
Ceaseless violence has imparted deep psychological damage across a swath of Pakistan's beleaguered people.
Dogged by persecution and surrounded by turmoil, Egypt's Orthodox Coptic Christians will celebrate Christmas Monday.