In his weekly column, Paul Waldman of the American Prospect does a good job of highlighting a bizarre exchange during recent U.S. Supreme Court arguments in which Justice Antonin Scalia seemed unable ...

There has been a disturbing willingness on the part of some judges in recent years to treat the Christian cross as a symbol that isn’t, well, just Christian. The most high-profile and problematic ...

Michael Symmons Roberts investigates the meaning of the Christian cross and hears from those who have discovered its power in their own lives. Paradoxically a symbol of suffering and defeat but also ...

Richard B. Katskee is Legal Director at Americans United for Separation of Church and State. Symbols have power. They communicate complex ideas, often more effectively and more forcefully than mere ...

My wife has a new cross necklace, given to her by some dear friends of ours. It’s a beautiful bit of silverwork, with flowing lines, flowers and a fish symbol. In fact, our house has a lot of crosses ...

It is truly amazing to me, as a Catholic, that we are turning to the Supreme Court to determine if the cross is a religious symbol (“Supreme Court to decide if cross can be a secular symbol,” Feb. 27) ...

Symbols are ubiquitous and necessary channels of communication in all societies. We see and recognize perhaps dozens of logos, trademarks, pictures and slogans every day, and instinctively understand ...

"Mount Calvary" (a painting by William H. Johnson, ca. 1944/ Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation) In the fall, Catholics and some other Christian churches celebrate the ...

I expect many families would be surprised to learn that the “mere” cross on their loved one’s grave was put there to symbolize Roman execution, and consequently “pain, suffering and death” (Letter to ...