As US Reaches a 1940s Fork in the Road — Which Path Will We Choose?
Readers of the Editorial Board are familiar with my obsession with political time—or how one…
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Shameful GOP Tax Plan Taxes Reality
Okay, we’re off to the races on what the White House and GOP Congressional leadership…
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The Bad Religion at the Heart of GOP Healthcare Policy
Even as Mitch McConnell’s last-ditch and putatively face-saving “repeal, then replace” maneuver fails, it’s important…
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Leave It to Trump to Split a Catholic-Evangelical Bloc That’s Generations Old
Trump may be the most anti-Catholic candidate in recent history.
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Kafkaesque Reality Show Known as the RNC Kicks Off
The kickoff to the reality show known as the Republican National Convention went off as…
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Repent, Hillary: Trump’s Evangelical Backers Play the Sin Card
In the Atlantic this morning, Jonathan Merritt writes a bemused narrative of this week’s evangelical about-face as,…
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No, the Democratic Party Is (Still) Not the Party of God
In a recent piece over at Slate, Ruth Graham argues that the current state of the Republican Party…
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What Will the #NeverTrump Faction Do Now?
Ted Cruz’s abrupt exit from the race for the GOP presidential nomination after his devastating…
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Pope Francis Opens Holy Doors; Trump Calls For Closed Borders
On the eve of Pope Francis’ opening the Holy Doors of St. Peter’s for the Extraordinary Jubilee…
Read MoreWill House “Freedom” Group’s Core Racism Go Unchallenged?
Where, oh where, are the “budget is a moral document” types when we really need…
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