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Reality as Revelation: “Hail Caesar!” is the Coen Brothers’ Most Religious Movie Yet

By Elijah Siegler

…in the film Mannix acts as the suffering son to the unseen strict father (New York studio executive Max Schenk, another historical figure.) It is a typical Coen joke that the two characters laden with most religious symbolism are two out of the only three characters based on real people—perhaps that makes Herbert Marcuse the Holy Ghost? As Mannix takes on the sins of the world, or in this case, the studio backlot, he is tempted three times by a s…

In Trump Sexual Assault Speech Michelle Obama Articulates a New Political Morality

By Daniel Schultz

…nton, Michelle Obama always was more than just another First Lady. She could have a bright political future of her own, though every indication she’s given so far is that she doesn’t want it. Many of us liberals will miss her time in the spotlight, but we and conservatives alike should remember her for these remarks. (Featured image via Bustle Magazine)…

New Poll Shows Most Americans Don’t Care about Romney’s Mormonism

By Joanna Brooks

…ational agenda. With Romney the unquestioned frontrunner at this point, will the GOP establishment be ready to take on the anti-Mormon extremism of the white evangelical minority? Do they dare?…

Hagee’s New Film Uses Jews and Science to Prove Christian, Pro-US God

By Michael Schulson

…f the hero. I’ve made this point before, but it’s worth repeating: philo-Semitism and anti-Semitism can look awfully similar. Both treat Jews as potent historical symbols, while neither seems to pay much attention to how Jews themselves interpret their own history. And both are notoriously tone deaf when it comes to appreciating the diversity of actual Jewish people. FBM also happens to be tone deaf in a fairly literal sense: the actors in the dra…

White Nationalist Ideology Shines Through at Elite MAGA Conference: Inside NatCon Part II

By Ben Lorber

…a $400-per-night luxury resort hotel with a lavish pool and golf course in Miami, attended by many of the movers and shakers of conservative politics, could fashion itself as ‘anti-elite’ in any meaningful way. One college student I speak to on my way out, shares my incredulity. With his long hair and bohemian vibe, I rightly suspect he’s not like the rest of the attendees. He canvassed for Bernie Sanders in 2020, he tells me, and being at NatCon…

Creating a Cell: Science Plays God

By Arri Eisen

…eated in this burgeoning field of Venter’s known as synthetic biology, you might be a bit miffed. But farmers and animal breeders have known for eons that species are changing all the time and that they can affect that change (evolutionary biologists have merely formalized the relevant processes involved). We must ponder all those big ethical questions I mention above, and indeed President Obama, sparked by Venter’s creation paper, has charged his…

New Poll Shows Strong Catholic Support for Gay Rights

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…nation and 60 percent favoring adoption by gay and lesbian couples. “These numbers surprise many Americans given their presumptions about Catholics,” said Dr. Stephen Schneck, director of the Institute for Policy Research and Catholic Studies at Catholic University. Schneck also pointed out what he called another “striking feature” of the report—a feature that marriage equality supporters may find sobering in an otherwise upbeat report. Schneck po…

LGBT and Muslim? A New Report Busts Stereotypes

By Peter Montgomery

…BT Inclusion Project,” was just published by Intersections International—a New York-based nonprofit whose mandate, says founding director Rev. Robert Chase, is to bring together people who differ, honor those differences, and find ways to work together for reconciliation, justice, and peace. The report builds on interviews with Muslim community leaders, several scholarly articles, as well as facilitated discussions among more than 50 people in six…

Hicksters, Stickers, and Affection: Why I Left D.C. for the Family Farm

By Timothy King

…y contended that “the mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.” To his mind, many farmers fell into this category. Farming, like any other form of work, could deaden one’s soul. Yes, the Immokalee agricultural workers who pick our tomatoes use their hands every day, work outside, get regular exercise, are free from the restraints of a cubicle, and even live in “tiny home” communities (formerly known as “trailer parks”). It may sound idyllic to…

Birthday Blog

By Amina Wadud

…e of my children, no bells rang, no guns went off. My daughter kept her promise to make me breakfast and I kept my promise to myself about it: wait for her no matter how late, rather than jump the gun because I’m an early riser. Truth be told, my children have come to that place where it’s very hard to know what to do for a person who demands to be so self-sufficient. You’d think they’d also know I would gladly take any little symbol of love. For…