NAC is interested in promoting high quality articles that submit the moral claims of the Christian Right to close scientific and logical scrutiny; that examine crucial issues of public policy such as abortion, stem-cell research and cloning; and that explore the dangers of religious fundamentalism and extremism and question the premises upon which the "War on Terror" is based.

Mar 10 - I don't mean to say I told you so, but..."The Israel Lobby", by John J. Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago and Stephen M. Walt of Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, was one of the most controversial articles in recent memory. Here Professor Walt again provokes both howls of outrage and cheers of gratitude for challenging what had been a taboo issue in America: the impact of the Israel lobby on U.S. foreign policy.

Feb 10 - The Fall of the US Empire - and Then What? NAC Honorary Associate Dr. Johan Galtung's latest book The Fall of the US Empire – and Then What? (2009) explores the why, how, when and where of the present decline and fall of the US Empire, based on a theory of synergizing contradictions used in 1980 to predict the fall of the Soviet empire. It then maps possible futures for the US and the world, with a blueprint for a desirable global future. Read an excerpt.

Jan 10 - Jesus Hated War -- Why Do Christians Love It So Much? Dr. Gary G. Kohls is a founding member of the interdenominational peace group Every Church A Peace Church. He writes that there are no "blessed wars". Yet virtually all evangelical, conservative and many mainstream church leaders were active supporters of the Bush wars.

Dec 09 - March 11, 2004 in Madrid: Was it really an Islamist attack? A series of bombings plunged Madrid into mourning five years ago. The Spanish legal system concluded that this operation, attributed first to ETA and then to Al Qaeda, was Islamist inspired. The Spanish press, led by the newspaper El Mundo, today is calling into question that conclusion.

Nov 09 - How and Why Communication Media That Accentuate Sound Helped Engender Conservative Currents in the U.S. and Elsewhere. Profesor Emeritus Thomas Farrell uses the thought of the American cultural historian Walter J. Ong, S.J. to discuss the conservative currents in the United States and elsewhere around the world today.

Oct 09 - 9/11 FEMA videographer at Ground Zero goes public. As official videographer for the U.S. government, Kurt Sonnenfeld was detailed to Ground Zero on September 11, 2001, where he spent one month filming 29 tapes: "What I saw at certain moments and in certain places ... is very disturbing!" He has never handed the tapes over to the authorities.

Sep 09 - Sibel Edmonds Speaks, But No One Is Listening. Those who are interested in issues like widespread corruption of US elected officials by foreigners have no doubt followed the ex-FBI translator turned whistleblower Sibel Edmonds saga for the past few years. Edmonds has finally testified in court about some of the things that she learned while working for the bureau.

Aug 09 - An Abortion Battle, Fought to the Death. Dr. George Tiller, whose clinic in Wichita, Kansas was one of the few in the nation to perform late-term abortions, was assassinated on 31 May. David Barstow, investigative reporter for The New York Times, argues that anti-abortion leaders made Dr. Tiller’s clinic the nation’s most visible abortion battleground.

Jul 09 - Wanted: Freedom from religion. Michael Lind, the editor of the New American Contract at the New America Foundation, argues that the theocratic repression in Iran is a reminder that there can be no freedom without secular government.

May 09 - Seeing and Believing. Jerry A. Coyne, a professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolution at the University of Chicago, known for his commentary on the intelligent design debate, writes about the never-ending attempt to reconcile science and religion.

Apr 09 - Religious Fundamentalism Spreads... Beyond Islam. Dr. Ali A. Rizvi, of The Huffington Post, writes about the dangerous resurgence of religious fundamentalism in non-Islamic countries. The most perplexing part of it, he says, is that it isn't just limited to a few seemingly random incidents fueled by fringe extremist groups.

Mar 09 - Facing Fundamentalism. NAC Honorary Associate Dr. James Fetzer, a leading philosopher and public intellectual, offers an overview of a distinctively-American brand of “fundamentalism” from three points of view, namely: as a religious doctrine, as a political movement, and as a resource for public policies.