Howard Phillips, Founding Father of Religious Right, Has Died
It’s hard to overstate Phillips’ influence on today’s religiously-inflected conservatism.
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Obama Inaugural Address Challenges Tea Party History
It’s Seneca, Selma, and Stonewall vs. conquest and exceptionalism.
Read MorePossibility that Bachmann Believes in Wifely Submission Irrelevant?
According to a recent essay by Sen. John Danforth, she just doesn’t, so it’s not.
Read MoreThe Republican “No Schools Left” Program
The religious right’s goal of dismantling public education.
Read MoreObama’s “Phony Religion” is Environmentalism, Santorum Explains
“Man should be in charge of the earth,” says the candidate.
Read MoreBiblical Patriarchy Advocates Celebrate Titanic 100th with “Women and Children First” Theme
The Christian Boy’s and Men’s Titanic Society’s revisionist history.
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Kirk Cameron’s Monumental Reveals Subtle Influence of Christian Reconstructionism
The documentary serves as a good illustration of the gradual and subtle influence of R. J. Rushdoony’s work in the broader culture—often in places where his name is completely unknown.
Read MoreA Monumentally Different Kirk Cameron
With his latest film the former teen idol appears to embrace Christian Reconstructionist theology.
Read MoreNote to CPAC Conservatives: “City [Up]on a Hill” Wasn’t About American Exceptionalism
Bruce Springsteen channels John Winthrop.
Read MoreIt’s Unanimous: No “Moderates” in GOP Field
Last night’s debate revealed just how far the Republican Party has edged toward the religious right goal of abolishing public education.
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