C’mon Muslim Myth Believers! Just Admit It!
A mole in the Good Ol’ Boy network reveals that many still buy into the myth that Obama’s a Muslim—particularly in Texas.
Read MoreOctober, 2008
Baseball and Democracy… it’s About Loss and Hope
Baseball is an exhausting thing to care about, a continual source of heartbreak, an elaborate choreography of loss, and a sentimental education in what such losing means.
Read MoreUnited By Hate for Proposition 8
I pray that a solid number of black and brown voters embrace Jesus’ ethic of reciprocity on Tuesday.
Read MoreBuddhists Split b/w McCain & Obama
Immigrant Buddhists tend to be refugees from Communist regimes and lean conservative.
Read MoreBishops go from Single-Issue Voting to Double-Issue
Proposition 2, 8, 102: Catholic Bishops emerge from their obsession with abortion to a twin obsession with gay rights.
Read MoreWant to End a Political Career? Be Nice to a Muslim
Having a nuanced view of Islam is the new sex scandal for politicians…
Read MoreMy Value Voter ’rents go Obama
No mention of abortion or same-sex marriage or other “culture war” topics; anecdotal evidence of a nationwide trend.
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I Was Nearly Seduced by David Brooks’ Reasonable Analysis
Forget economic theory, and psychology; we need an ethicist.
Read MoreIndonesia’s Anti-Porn Bill is Anti-Pluralism
Defining pornography as things that “arouse sexual propensity, desires or longings” sets a moral tone without a concrete definition of “sexual desire” or “incitement,” a problem that worries the non-Muslim population.
Read MoreNot so Religulous After All: Praying for Jennifer Hudson
Incidents like the tragedy that befell American Idol Jennifer Hudson make us realize not only why we sing, but why we pray.
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