Our Dance Clubs, Our Churches
I don’t know how we ever forgot that we are graced with every breath of…
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The Problem with Christian Gentlemen: A Short Goodbye to Ted Cruz, the “Mr. Pecksniff” of Presidential Politics
Credit where credit is due. Ted Cruz has a way about him. A way that…
Read More“Unrealistic” Candidates and the Prophetic Tradition
I should say right away that this is no brief for the Sanders candidacy. I…
Read MoreNot Ready to Forgive: Hillary Clinton & the Ugly Truth of the Reagan Years
Gay men of a certain age—those of us who survived the Plague Years when so…
Read MoreJoined at the Hip: White Nationalist Christianity and Donald Trump
Why can’t Douthat admit that the apostasy he deplores is at the center of white Christianity and not at the margins?
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I Volunteer to Root Out Christian Extremism
Dear Director Comey & Secretary Johnson: Director Comey, I sympathize with the frustration you expressed…
Read More“Give Me Your White, Your Rich… Yearning to Earn Fees”
In honor of the shameful refusal to accept Syrian refugees, a rewrite of the “Statue of Liberty” poem.
Read MoreWill House “Freedom” Group’s Core Racism Go Unchallenged?
Where, oh where, are the “budget is a moral document” types when we really need…
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A Victory for Conservatives in Revised AP History Curriculum
High school history teachers who prep America’s best and brightest in their AP classes had better…
Read MoreMemo to David Brooks: Francis Is Not Naïve For Criticizing Capitalism
I had to read Brooks’ column on Laudato si a couple of times to realize fully what…
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