American presidents have long sought God’s benediction in wartime and for soldiers heading into the fire of battle. But the Trump administration’s willingness to imply divine endorsement of its ...

(RNS) — If I were to hold a séance, I’d invite two of my late teachers to the table to ask what they think about the war with Iran. My first teacher was a Protestant theologian who became one of the ...

Yet mainstream US media outlets and partisan politics are routinely oblivious to threat of oblivion. The dangers of nuclear war have never been higher, but political pressure to prevent it is at low ...

President Donald Trump in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC on November 7, 2025. Credit - Saul Loeb—AFP/Getty Images President Donald Trump keeps suggesting that the United States ...

America’s unmatched military strength demands disciplined leadership—not rhetoric that risks civilian slaughter, violates the laws of war and pushes the world toward catastrophe. In the past six weeks ...

Examine the origins of great power competition in the Cold War. In the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union were locked in a global competition for allies, influence, and security. To many ...

In the March 9, 1956, publication of the Jewish Exponent, a front-page headline reading, “Danger of Middle East War Grows as Arabs and Israel Brace for Final Showdown,” feels oddly familiar to the ...