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“Pregnancy is Not a Disease”: Birth of an Anti-Contraception Rallying Cry

By Sarah Morice-Brubaker

…is not an illness or a disease.” So says Bob Laird, a fellow at Human Life International and a board member for the Couple to Couple League, an organization that promotes Natural Family Planning based on Roman Catholic principles. Laird’s remarks came in response to HHS secretary Kathleen Sebelius’ recent announcement that insurance plans will be required to offer contraception without copay, unless they meet the conditions allowing for a religiou…

Another Manufactured Outrage: Rep. Ilhan Omar Did Nothing Wrong in Listing Hamas, Israel, and U.S. Together

By Joshua Shanes

…yor of violence in the world today.” Of course, he was also called an anti-American domestic enemy for doing so. I saw many people laugh at Hamas’s complaint about being compared to America, and while America is a democracy and Hamas is a terrorist organization, Americans might consider our own history. The shock of Trump praising Putin in 2017 and defending himself saying “You think [America] is so innocent” was offensive because of his celebrati…

Even After an Obama Victory Reports of the Death of the Religious Right are Greatly Exaggerated

By Bill Berkowitz

…onomic concerns, which all of the polls show are of most importance to the American people.” But, Boston noted, “these organizations will have to do some strategic shifting.” Without virtually any “clout in the White House and among the congressional majority leadership, religious right groups will have to start focusing more on state and local governments. This could mean more church-state conflict and ‘culture war’ battles in local public school…

The New Christianity: What the Mainstream Media Has Missed

By Bill Berkowitz

…act the charismatic movement has had on Christianity and, increasingly, on American religion and politics, it also highlighted the mainstream media’s failure to inform American voters about Palin, who might now have been just a heartbeat away from the presidency. Why do you think your revelations about Palin didn’t catch on with the mainstream media? I’ve been pondering that question for several months, and I’ve come up with two related levels of…

God Grows Up: Robert Wright’s Evolution of God

By Robert Wright

…flowed from Paul’s practical needs. Love was a way of holding together his international network of churches. 4) That Muhammad was a religious fanatic. As I try to show, he was a cool pragmatist, willing to compromise on theological issues in order to build a political coalition. Apparently he even flirted with polytheism at one point. Did you have a specific audience in mind when writing? Two audiences, actually. I wanted the book to be accessibl…