Why do all the world’s religions emphasize giving thanks? What are the spiritual benefits of giving thanks? The physical benefits?

An aging population and the associated end-of-life challenges have combined to keep assisted suicide at the center of the nation’s moral concerns.

A New York Times story on the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine study.

Read an Associated Press story, “Doctors denounce abstinence-only education.” It’s posted by MSNBC.

In this Feb. 2006 story, the government stopped funding of a national program that teaches abstinence-only sex education after the ALCU filed a lawsuit against the group, saying it promoted religion in public schools.