And so, Saddam Hussein hangs, writes Robert Fisk, “on the very eve of the Eid al-Adha, the Feast of the Sacrifice, the moment of greatest forgiveness in the Arab world.” The execution of a dictator, ...

Those liturgically affiliated with Catholic Church history understand the “act of imperfect contrition.” But even Dennis Hastert, who grew up an evangelical born-again Christian, understands the ...

The scientific journal that published a study by Facebook and two U.S. universities examining people’s online mood swings regrets how the social experiment was handled. In a note of contrition, the ...

The Western world lost much when the confession-absolution dyad dropped God out of the equation. Vanished is the power of the purifying rhetoric that once gave voice to sinners in classic words and ...

Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto, domo.... It's over for now. Tiger Woods made his major act of contrition in Jacksonville Friday. He stood there, without much emotion, he read, and read some more and read ...

The attempted bombing of Brookings on Sept. 9, 1942, was the first time an enemy aircraft bombed the American mainland. A Japanese I-25 submarine, skulking off the Oregon Coast, catapult-launched a ...

Perhaps in catastrophe lies the invitation to return to contrition — and in contrition, to seek mercy and hope for the sort of life that can come from the ashes. (Rohan Thomson / Getty Images) In the ...

Good afternoon. Throughout my life, I have grappled with my own identity, who I am. As a young child, I often felt ambivalent about myself, in fact, confused. By virtue of my traditions, and my ...

On the evening of Saturday, November 16th, 1532, a Spanish priest, Father Vincente de Valverde, walked into the open square at Cajamarca, a city of the Inca empire in what is now Peru. He was ...

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