Asia’s disaster has galvanized not just governments and international organizations but millions of ordinary people, who want to give anything from money to mosquito nets to those in need. Here’s a list of who’s doing what, and how to contact them: AID AGENCIES International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies A major relief provider and one of the few groups helping people trace lost family members
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What Is LOVE?
What is this thing called love? What?
Aquamation, a Form of Cremation: Better for the Environment?
In Western societies, disposing of a dead body has come down to two choices: there’s burial, and there’s cremation.
The Women of Islam
For his day, the Prophet Muhammad was a feminist. The doctrine he laid out as the revealed word of God considerably improved the status of women in 7th century Arabia
Rifqa Bary: A Florida Culture War Over Runaway Convert
Florida has a knack for turning family dysfunction into national spectacle. Ten years ago it gave us the Elian Gonzalez mess; five years later came the Terri Schiavo debacle