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Scalia’s (Not Very Catholic, Right Wing) Originalism

By Patricia Miller

…hampioning the long-standing “legitimate” rights under the Constitution of business and gun owners. In 2004, Scalia complained that the Court had “now determined that liberties exist under the federal Constitution—the right to abortion, the right to homosexual sodomy—which were so little rooted in the traditions of the American people that they were criminal for 200 years.” The fact that these things were “criminal” because the Constitution was wr…

The Moral Case for Trump?

By Eric C. Miller

…est for the country. He has been an unusually successful problem solver in business. He has raised remarkable children. Many who have known him personally speak highly of his kindness, thoughtfulness, and generosity. For Grudem, Trump’s success in business is a testament to his character. It “shows” that he isn’t actually racist, anti-immigrant, anti-Semitic or misogynistic—though exactly how it shows this is anyone’s guess. Grudem “thinks” Trump…

What the Conservative Christian “Fake-Trans Bathroom Creeper” Has To Do With Suburban Anxiety

By Sarah Morice-Brubaker

…f invasion from within. He faults liberals for forcing too many rules upon businesses, even as he’s blaming them for not regulating bathrooms. “Sure,” writes Flanagan for the Black Robe Regiment, “we notice that businesses are fleeing to neighboring cities because of overregulation. We see the liberal agenda being promoted under the mantra of ‘Keep Fayetteville Funky,’ but it has never encroached on us personally…. In August, all that changed.” Me…

An Abbreviated Guide to 5 Arguments Against Contraceptive Coverage in Obamacare

By Sarah Posner

…y not simply check his faith at the workplace door. Accordingly, Christian business owners, as a matter of scriptural requirement, are obligated to conduct their business as an expression of their faith and in accordance with the dictates of faith and conscience. “This case throws into sharp relief the problems that can arise when the Christian doctrine of work is not properly understood,” Hugh Whelchel, the executive director of the Institute for…

“This is What Theology Looks Like”: Disrupting a Crucifying System

By Jorge Juan Rodriguez V

…f soldiers following orders. It was a system that understood his death as “business as usual.” The physical resurrection of Jesus, then, was an embodied declaration that this black life mattered. This prophetic claim was not enacted in an academy or a temple, however; it was embodied in the streets as people witnessed a physical disruption—and those in power ran scared. We march in solidarity, chanting “This is what theology looks like!” because e…

Study: US is an Oligarchy

By Gordon Haber

…ors thus concluded that “economic elites and organized groups representing business interests have substantial independent impacts on U.S. government policy.” No surprise there, right? But it is surprising to learn that, just like your average schmo, the interest groups “have little or no independent influence.” Although the breathless headlines suggest otherwise, the authors never baldly state that the U.S. is run by an oligarchy. Instead they be…

The Pope, Marxists, and the Koch Brothers

By Sarah Posner

…izable donation from the Charles Koch Foundation, because, the head of the business school tells Gibson, the foundation “felt the new business school’s mission to promote a ‘person-centered economy’ dovetailed with its own goals of fostering ‘principle entrepreneurship.’” That’s person-centered, not people-centered. In reaction to the $1 million grant, 50 priests, activists, theologians, and scholars wrote a letter of protest, charging, “We are c…

Hobby Lobby, Contraception, the Supreme Court, and the Bible

By Sarah Posner

…y of Mississippi and author of the forthcoming book, Corporate Revivals: A Business History of Born-Again America, told me, a common narrative at the intersection of business and evangelicalism as that the state is the “enemy” of “godly forms of consumerism: the local business or large-scale ‘Christian’ corporation.” The Greens, though, believe the Bible should influence more than just business: Beyond their stores, and beyond the elder [David] Gr…

Senate Committee Votes to Repeal DOMA

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…e anymore after civil unions were passed but they were hardly “run out” of business. The rules of doing business with the state changed, and it was Catholic Charities that chose to not play by those rules. If Catholic Charities really cared about the children they would find a way to work with the state instead of taking their services and depriving children of good homes—whether they were gay or straight parents. If religious organizations choose…

Revelations from Family of Secrets (an addendum)

By Frederick Clarkson

…legitimately push the boundaries of our understanding of modern politics, business and government. But as we address our own discomfort in the face of such material, we need to remind ourselves that investigative journalism discomfits the author as well. Journalists like Baker are constantly checking and cross checking, making sure that disturbing information is in fact so. Even more awkward are the disturbing questions that the journalist cannot…