New Book: God Favors Supply-Side Economics
As budget cuts are hotly debated in the House, Godonomics comes along to tell us “what the Almighty says about the almighty dollar.” Finally.
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Yes, Virginia, There Were Cannibals
Life in the Jamestown colony, pious as colonists were, was more hell than heaven.
Read MoreAmerican Infidel: Robert Ingersoll Was the “Great Agnostic” of the (Last) Gilded Age
My grandfather, born to immigrants in 1878, was undoubtedly familiar with the all-but-forgotten figure of Robert Green Ingersoll, the “Great Agnostic,” who popularized Darwin for the millions, who championed the disgraced Thomas Paine, and who kept alive the important tradition of American free thought during the last quarter of the 19th century.
Read MorePastors Urged to Defy IRS to Defeat Evil, Hitlerian Obama
Religious right aims for 1500 pastors to preach politics on “Pulpit Freedom Sunday.”
Read MoreManufactured Outrage Over ‘Godless’ Democratic Platform [UPDATE]
Praise for role of faith not enough for word-counters.
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Steve Jobs Reincarnated as Divine Half-Yak
Welcome to iHeaven.
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David Barton: Falling from Grace?
On Thursday, Barton’s publisher Thomas Nelson announced that it would pull from publication The Jefferson Lies. “In the course of our review,” the publisher said that it had “learned that there were some historical details included in the book that were not adequately supported,” and that “because of these deficiencies” it was “in the best interest of our readers to stop the publication and distribution” of the work.
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It’s Barack v. the Bible, Says Barton
David Barton’s post, “America’s Most Biblically-Hostile President,” details a theme that has become known to the public largely through the Gingrich/Santorum bloc: that Barack Obama has led the most actively anti-Christian administration in American history. But given Obama’s frequent Christian testimony—explicit enough to make most founding fathers uncomfortable with its public expression of private matters—how can this view be so widely held?
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Conservative Christianity and Its Discontents
How did Rick Santorum roll over Mitt Romney in all those primary states? Where did the energy come from? While pundits still insist that he won’t topple the moneyed Mitt—whose campaign still generates about as much excitement as the winter sport of curling—Santorum is holding onto the spotlight long enough to put religious populism front and center.
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Richard Land Steps Down, But Not Out of the Culture Wars
Without question, Land will be remembered for his important roles in America’s culture wars, especially with regard to abortion and gay rights: he helped give the SBC a public witness that stood in consistent opposition to gay rights, abortion rights and even many forms of birth control. A once moderately pro-choice denomination was transformed into a “pro-life” denomination largely under Land’s leadership. He also narrowly defined “pro-life” for evangelicals to mean strictly “anti-abortion,” eschewing the more expansive understanding of that concept offered by the Catholic Church.
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