The Government Invented The Internet.

As Crucial As Religion Has Been And Is To The Life Of The Nation, America's Unifying Force Has Never Been A Specific Faith, But A Commitment To Freedom - Not Least Freedom Of Conscience.

Religious Belief, Like History Itself, Is A Story That Is Always Unfolding, Always Subject To Inquiry And Ripe For Questioning. For Without Doubt There Is No Faith.

We Chose The Most Interesting Image Available To Us To Illustrate The Theme Of The Cover, Which Is What We Always Try To Do. We Apply The Same Test To Photographs Of Any Public Figure, Male Or Female: Does The Image Convey What We Are Saying? That Is A Gender-neutral Standard.

There Is Nothing New Under The Sun.

Environmental Concern Is A Little Like Dieting Or Paying Off Credit-card Debt - An Episodically Terrific Idea That Burns Brightly And Then Seems To Fade When We Realize There's A Reason We Need To Diet Or Pay Down Our Debt. The Reason Is That It's Really, Really Hard, And Too Many Of Us In Too Many Spheres Of Life Choose The Easy Over The Hard.