Special Interests are Not “Ideas”: Moral Lessons from the Health Care Reform Factory
Politics at this level is a blood sport, not a seminar, and the president seems a bit behind on his combat training.
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Niebuhrian Humility and DC Punditry
Beltway pundits like to think of themselves as impartial umpires representing all points of view in the spirit of “Niebuhrian humility” without realizing that their uncritical acceptance of all points of view is, at best, not very Niebuhrian.
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Who’s Smearing Obama?
Two Op-Eds in two weeks make the same unsupportable charge about Barack Obama: why?
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WHO IS JEW RUN FOR PREZDNET?
Are those emails confronting the supposedly mysterious questions surrounding Barack Obama—the story of his life, his beliefs, his complexion—bigoted? Here’s the litmus test…
Read MoreUpdated: Response to the New York Times on Islam
In a recent Times Op-Ed neoconservative Edward Luttwak labeled Barack Obama “an apostate from Islam,” and that “would cause… complications in our dealings with the Islamic world,”
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The Black Church: Institution or Abstraction?
Rev. Wright’s assertions that it’s really the “Black Church” under attack help reduce the complexity of the religious life of black America to a soundbite…
Read MoreJeremiah Wright for President?
Maybe the real “straight-talk express” should run for the nation’s highest office himself; the one test for president Wright cannot pass is the one the mainstream media insist on more than any other.
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Obama Foes Misrepresent Islam with “Apostate” Tactic
A noted scholar of Islamic law explains the apostasy fallacy…
Read MoreOne of These Things is Not Like the Other: Religion and the Obama Campaign
Why do suspicions that Barack Obama is a Muslim persist (and why are they framed as “suspicions”)? Why do questions regarding his willingness to wear a lapel pin, and thus questions about his patriotism, continue to resonate?
Read MoreBy the Way: “God Tells Me I’m Right”
During the recent “Compassion Forum,” Obama challenged the American religious community…
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