"Jamestown, Virginia: The Townsite and Its Story" by Jr. Charles E. Hatch delves into the rich history of Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in America. The book explores the town's founding, the challenges faced by its early settlers, and the significant events that shaped its development. Hatch meticulously details the archaeological findings and historical records that illuminate the daily lives of the colonists, their interactions with Indigenous peoples, and the eventua...

As religiously grounded moral arguments have become ever more influential factors in the national debate-particularly reinforced by recent presidential elections and the creation of the faith-based initiative office in the White House-journalists' ignorance about theological convictions has often worked to distort the public discourse on important policy issues. Pope John Paul II's pronouncements on stem-cell research, the constitutional controversies regarding faith-based initiatives, the...