
Thoughts from the “Bad Hombre” Debate
I really thought I’d feel better once the debates were over.
Read MoreI really thought I’d feel better once the debates were over.
Read MoreHillary Clinton came to work. Donald Trump came to perform.
Read MoreRemember when the presidential election, or the Republican primary, at least, was going to be…
Read MoreHalf the fight against bigotry might just lie in showing up. When Abraham Hassan stood up at Thursday night’s CNN debate, he introduced himself as a Palestinian-American and a Republican.
Plainly, that’s not what I expected to hear.
Read MoreGuess who (might be) coming to dinner.
Read MoreDid Lofton’s critique go far enough? Was it too measured and neutral? Scholar Mark Hulsether writes that “given the issues at stake in the current election and the huge gap in scholarly persuasiveness between some articulations of Christianity and others, this is a place where my own inclination would be to draw more critics out of the shadows and to give them space to twist their knives harder.”
Read MoreIn a debate in which the bar was set so low as to be subterranean, values-related issues were almost entirely ignored.
Read MoreBarack Obama and John McCain will share a stage for the first time this August. Their host? Rick Warren, megachurch pastor and bestselling author—and a man with undeniable political influence.
Read MoreThis tempest in a teacup reminds me of some Shari’a controversies in contemporary Islamic societies…
Read MoreThe Times is right about the culture wars, it’s just got the wrong location.
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