Walk the Walk: Honoring Common Ground on Abortion
In a piece in the Washington Post one of the organizers of a groundbreaking public dialogue between pro-choice and pro-life leaders took two giant steps back.
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Rand Paul Is Not Anti-Authority
Why the Aqua Buddha ad isn’t despicable, Part II.
Read MoreThe Angel of Death and Pam Tebow
Supposedly softer side of anti-choice movement endorses its fringe.
Read MoreAnti-Choice Groups Target Anti-Choice Democrats With Health Care Lies
Susan B. Anthony List embroiled in legal proceedings over its advertising in Ohio.
Read MoreTea Party “Constitutionalism” on Abortion
Florida’s bitterly contested Governor race just got more controversial.
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Religion, Morality, and the Death of the American Soap Opera
This week, the world will stop turning; or at least it will for the daytime soap opera “As The World Turns,” which officially ends after 53 years. But if we remember the soap opera solely as a torrid celebration of sexual transgression—or as a frivolous time-waster for bored housewives—we miss understanding something crucial about the relationship between popular culture and morality.
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Palin Goes ‘Hopey-Changey,’ But Don’t Call it Political
Sarah Palin did an about-face on the “hopey-changey thing” last week in Jacksonville when, as the headliner for the Evening of Hope, she and the other speakers on the program promoted lots of change—of the religious right kind.
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Pat Robertson’s Women Warriors Leading Spiritual Warfare In Zimbabwe
At the Fathers’ House International church in Henderson, Kentucky, Pastor Lisa Bourland is seated on the floor of the altar in the prayer room washing the feet of speakers for that evening’s Women, Weapons of Warfare (WWW) conference. Behind her is a blank movie screen—the…
Read MoreMaking Sex Costly… In More Ways Than One
Some people will try anything except empowering women to bring down the abortion rate.
Read MoreAre Tea Partiers Pro-Gay and Pro-Choice?
A democratic political strategist proposes a divide and conquer strategy — but is there any data or logic to support it?
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