The Fundamental(ist) Optimist President
The president delivered more bromides this morning as the stock market dipped even further; but who would expect realism from this man?
Read MoreOctober, 2008
An Act of Hypocrisy: Catholic University of America Hosts Rick Santorum
The CUA bends its own rules when it comes to the religious right.
Read MoreAlas, Hell Has Thawed
The AFA, a star in the religious right constellation, all but claims that if Obama wins, your teenage daughters will suddenly become pregnant and we’ll all get terrible hangnails and bad teeth.
Read MoreBreaking News: Hell Freezes Over
Right wing, left wing, chicken wing; everyone wants to know what happened to the economy.
Read MorePresidential Debate: We Are All Socialists Now
McCain, the same man who continues to trot out the tired old truisms about Democrats being “big government spenders,” is now proposing yet another socialization, yet another federal takeover of wretched private debt.
Read MorePope Preaches on Banking Crisis From Gilded Pulpit
Sure, material wealth is a transitory and risky deceiver. But that’s easy to say when you preside over a tax-free palace.
Read MoreNew Poll: Terror or Poverty Determines Your Candidate
The Bible never speaks a word about fighting “terrorists”—but in more than 300 verses it discusses caring for the poor and doing social justice.
Read MoreGreed, Socialism and the Free Market
If capitalism is more realistic about human greed and human nature, then how does that become an argument for free markets?
Read MoreThe VP Debate: Sassy Meets the Statesman
Is Sarah Palin familiar with the US Constitution? It’s unclear from her excited anticipation of her vice presidential role as ruler of the Senate.
Read MoreFaith-Based Bailout Part 3
The language of faith has been so debased in the current economy, that it no longer seems worthy of credit. The current president, and his allegedly Palin-fueled base, have a lot to do with that.
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