Five Holocaust survivors tell the camera the bitter truth.

I shouldn't have let my parents talk to those funeral salesmen unchaperoned.

Our language about what a patient "would" want turns sympathy into empathy, pity into murder.

The surprising source of Václav Havel's hope.

Jonathan Spence talks about how the subjects of his studies find their voice.

Not accepting yourself is the original sin in these media tales of witchcraft.

It's not the hand that rocks the cradle, but the one that turns the jump rope that rules the world.

A little historical perspective helps us get a grip on our emotions.

The odyssey of Robert Silverberg, virtuoso of speculative fiction, from prodigy to jaded prizewinner to wily old wizard.

Theologians in pursuit of the Spirit.

Six scholars explain why they study the origins of Christianity—and why it matters.

Meet the bodhisattva from Nazareth