Normal things to do when finding oneself suddenly face-to-face with a member of the British royal family: spiral, panic, lose remaining grip on reality, and probably manage to perform something ...

President Obama ruffled conservative feathers when he bowed to the Japanese emperor during his trip to Asia. Bowing is the standard greeting in Japan, as it once was in the United States. Slate ...

Just as we are bracing ourselves for what the surgeon general called this generation’s “Pearl Harbor moment,” Dr. Anthony Fauci made a suggestion that could change the very nature of our culture for ...

President Obama bowed (rather deeply) to the emperor of Japan over the weekend, providing ample fodder for his conservative detractors. Former Vice President Cheney ...

Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the World; and may His blessings and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon all his Family and Companions. There is consensus among Muslim scholars that one's ...

Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds; and may His blessings and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon all his Family and Companions. It is not permissible for a ruler to order his subjects ...

For decades I've thought about how a simple behavior such as stretching and crouching on the forelimbs could become a play invitation signal in dogs and other animals. Many people also have asked me ...

Earlier in his tour of Asia, President Obama did something that set his conservative critics howling. At a meeting with the Japanese emperor, the president bowed. That gesture is a standard formal ...