A Test of the Prophetic Imagination: Seeing a “Good Liberal” in All His Corrupt Glory
Barney Frank drops the ball on consumer protection.
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Read MoreHe was an Episcopal theologian, activist, openly gay man, and connoisseur of the circus…
Read MorePoet and writer Rhoda Janzen rebounded from a series of overlapping crises by going home to her Mennonite family—and lived to tell the (surprisingly funny) tale.
Read MoreA right-wing blogger has a run-in with the “progressive evangelical” on abortion and leaves confused. He’s not alone.
Read MoreOnce again Comedy Central is the forum for calm, reasoned debate.
Read MoreWealth creation guru James Arthur Ray is under investigation for criminal negligence in the deaths of two participants in a sweat lodge last week. Is this the inevitable result of outsider appropriation of a sacred ritual, or is the story more complex? Our writer, whose own tradition includes the sweat lodge ceremony, explains the nuances.
Read MoreBarbara Ehrenreich’s new book on the dangers of Positive Thinking recalls Mark Twain’s obsession with the 19th century’s most famous mind-over-matter exponent: Christian Science founder Mary Baker Eddy. Are critics just jealous?
Read MoreIn the great tradition of Socrates and Kierkegaard, Lars von Trier realizes that his role is to enable the audience to ask questions and confront themselves.
Read MoreMichael Moore has a talk with Sean Hannity about forgiveness, love, and al Qaeda. No surprises here.
Read MoreHaving abandoned its roots in art, the dehumanization of the world, and the metaphysical, environmentalism has made common cause with its natural enemies and arrived at a place where its holy grail is reducing carbon dioxide to 350 parts per million.
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