Religion Dispatches
While President Obama’s speech has been praised, criticized, and otherwise picked over, an eminent conservative chosen to “balance” the president’s pro-choice position gave a surprisingly philosophical talk that may have unsettled conservative activists.
Read MoreWithholding them at this point further fuels the idea that we have done something so horrible that it cannot be seen. This notion is a powerful recruiting tool for terrorists.
Read MoreObama’s ‘Jewish problem’ isn’t what you’d expect…
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It is simply assumed that black politicians live or die by the support of black preachers—but is it true?
Read MoreIt’s inappropriate to compare Wright with Falwell, Robertson, or Hagee, who lay the ills of society at the door of America’s “usual suspects.”
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Having put himself in the spotlight the president ought to be aware of the history of the polity’s relationship to tragedy and comedy. Rise and fall.
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Despite the fact that the AIG bonuses represent only a fraction of the crisis there’s more to economics than number crunching.
Read MoreWhy exactly are these prophets receiving even more bonus money and what happened to Obama the prophet candidate?
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A front page story in the Times revealed that 5 different pastors are hard at work guiding our president. But why make it public?
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While the politicization of science in the Bush era was damaging and dangerous Obama is wrong to suggest that the two can ever be fully separated—take the bail-out for instance…
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