"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a red

HUDSON — Each Sunday evening this summer, the Sunday Night Alive! band squeezes onto an 8 by 20 foot trailer to provide upbeat, inspirational music for the people gathered in the shade on a nearby hill.

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Israel's defence ministry has given preliminary approval to plans to expand a Jewish settlement located deep inside the occupied West Bank, in a move that has infuriated Palestinian officials and might spark tensions with the US.

The Times columnist Matthew Parris recently gave former Prime Minister Tony Blair a “fail” for his lecture on religion at Westminster Cathedral. Mr Parris, like a lot of the 'new atheists', believes that there is no such thing as progressive faith;