Bob Jones | Concerned about scaring off swing voters, Democrats - mostly - put on a friendly face at their national convention
BIOETHICS: Emotional appeals, sympathetic victims shroud the stem-cell debate
Lynn Vincent | ABORTION: Does the Democratic platform read pro-lifers out of the party?
Courtney Russell | A different kind of Islam dominates the West African nation of Senegal, where voodoo is a regular part of life
Mark Bergin | Activists are trying to revoke the tax-exempt status of churches involved in politics-conservative politics, that is
Priya Abraham | Prosecutions against international slave traders are up three-fold in the last three years, and even some liberal human-rights activists give credit to President Bush
