Values Voter? Sure, So Long as it’s My Biblical Values
If conservative Christians are so worried about the cultural divide, why are the exploiting and deepening it with terrifying videos?
Read MoreOctober, 2008
Dispatches from the Election: Around the Moon, Safely
After decades of right-wing religious domination, America faces a moment of truth not unlike the Apollo 8 astronauts faced on their first trip around the moon.
Read MoreCan Evangelicals Ever be Journalists First?
Evangelicals are seeking more “power” in newsrooms. The emphasis on the label “evangelicals,” makes me wonder whether they can ever put any other label ahead of that.
Read MoreRepublican Party: You Are What You Are!
I was not so quick to respond to sensationalist headlines of bigotry and racism at McCain/Palin rallies… but I was wrong.
Read MoreWill the Bishops’ Synod Open Doors for Women?
The French “working group” opened the door a crack… only to qualify its recommendations.
Read MoreJesus Christ! He’s Everywhere!
Atheists and secularists are feeling left out this election season.
Read MoreVatican Says No to Teachers’ Union in Scranton
The right of workers is one of the foundations of Catholic Social Teaching, so why did the Vatican oppose the teachers’ union?
Read MoreUpdated: Religious People Not Monolithic!
While the media constantly breaks the news that religious people hold complex views when it comes to LGBTQ Americans, it comes as no shock to religious people themselves.
Read MoreRace, Religion and the Colin Powell Endorsement
Powell and Obama share a perspective, born of an experience, that the rest of us should heed well: the deployment of religion in the cause of race- or other-baiting is an especially dangerous game.
Read MoreThe Last Debate, Blow by Blow
A round-by-round analysis of the final debate. McCain had to score a knockout, and Obama had to stay off the ropes…how did they do?
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