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A Tea Party Case Study: Jacksonville’s Divisive Mayoral Race

By Julie Ingersoll

…blog that “thugs” and” Zombies” from “Obama’s Chicago Machine” had invaded Jacksonville. Her evidence that there was a massive influx of “outsiders” was little more than bluster. She claimed she had seen a Brown bumper sticker on an out of state car and that a friend from DC had called and told her Organizing for America and Move-on were supporting Brown. Then there was a lame attempt the day after the election when she wrote “to…those who said th…

RDBook: The Lost Scopes Archive

By Arri Eisen

…t to engage those who don’t agree with them; Those trying to bring non-science views into the science classroom are still losing in the courts; And science educators still are teaching evolution as if religion and the rest of life’s rich context doesn’t exist. Similarly, without excessive words, ironies glare out from LaFollette’s history like the Dayton summer sun. A contemporary example: this book was published in Kansas, site of one of the most…

Pricey Tickets, Cranky Citizens, and Priests Behind Bars as Philadelphia Prepares For Papal Visit

By Anthea Butler

…in the United States of re-assigning pedophile priests. Lynn was recently incarcerated at Curran Freehold Prison, the prison that Pope Francis will visit in Philadelphia—but the priest was moved at the end of July 2015. When there is a possibility of the Pope visiting Catholic clergy in the clink, that can’t be good. On top of it all, the current leader, Archbishop Chaput, has clashed with Philadelphia’s Catholics over parish and school closings a…

Mile-High Identity Politics: What We Can Learn From the Same-Sex Seating Controversy

By Eboo Patel

…ewish man on the plane? One might argue that the Orthodox Jew is actively inconveniencing you by asking you to move. Yes, but so is the mother who wants to sit by her children. In twenty years of flying I have never seen anybody deny that request. The central issue may be that the Orthodox Jew is targeting only a specific identity to move—namely women. Yes, but when black students at Oak Park River Forest High School held a black-only meeting to d…

The Key to Understanding the Federalist Society Isn’t Originalism — It’s This 800-Year Old Tradition

By Peter Schwartz

…to dismantle the secular liberal foundations of American law and jurisprudence in place since the New Deal. Ultimately, we need to ask how it’s been so easy for the Federalist Society to gull the nation for so long and with such ease. The answer probably lies in the “historical innocence” of Americans about which Alexis de Tocqueville wrote in Democracy in America. With no feudal past to constrain us, with Protestantism and the Enlightenment the b…

The Divorce Rate Is Falling. Shouldn’t That Mean the Sky Isn’t?

By Sarah Posner

…and economic cost, with women and children suffering disproportionately in ways that are incalculable.” Albert Mohler, president of the SBC’s Southern Seminary, has lamented the “post-marriage culture,” claiming at the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission’s recent conference on “The Gospel, Homosexuality, and the Future of Marriage” that “the divorce revolution has done far more damage to marriage than same-sex marriage will ever do.” (UPDATE:…

Debating God: Atheist and Evangelical Face Off at Notre Dame

By Nathan Schneider

…will think, but her professors in the English department cheered her on. Once again, anyway, the hype paid off. All 900 seats in the brand-new, ten-story-high Leighton Concert Hall sold out within hours. And in the Atheist Corner… The look of the debate itself was typical, if understated. (Compare this, for instance, with a recent Craig debate in Mexico, where the podium was in the middle of a boxing ring.) The debaters sat onstage at a table wit…

The Faith that Faith Produced

By Haroon Moghul

…you in hell if you dispute his prescription. Many who question God’s existence are more concerned with His relevance to them than any metaphysics. We can only be free if we remove the shackles of faith, these self-ruining feelings of incompleteness, prudery and debasement, and accept the inevitability of our random lives. I don’t mean to be flippant. This is how it seemed to me, and I’d be lying if I said it didn’t knock me off my feet. Why spend…

Six Overlooked Gems from the Future of World Religions Report

By Timothy King

…out in relation to when Islam would overtake Christianity, a significant increase in the numbers of projected Christians would certainly push it back a few years. And since Islam will be increasing but at a decreasing rate, it might push that day off indefinitely. “New Month’s Day—Snowdance” photo by Snugg LePupp/Flickr. 4. “Nones” on the Rise Does Not Mean Religion Is in Decline (Particularly in the U.S.) In 2010, researchers categorized as “una…

Paranormal Vodka, Exorcists and a Demonic Doll: Welcome to Paracon, Based on the Work of the Demon-Hunters Who Inspired the ‘Conjuring’ Series

By Eric Harrelson and Joseph P. Laycock

…wooden case.” The case lid even functions as a Ouija board and a Ouija planchette is included. (The Warrens taught that Oujia boards were a sure-fire way to attract demons.) The whole package costs $199 and can be shipped to your home. Vodka, of course, doesn’t need to be aged. So the appeal of this product seems to be the opportunity to drink some of Annabelle’s spirit—almost as a sort of communion with the legend. It is, quite literally, “commo…