Apocalyptic Christian Theology’s Role in Gov Shutdown
Values Voters Summit forces moderate Republicans to face some crushing facts.
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No Virginia, There’s No “Clash of Civilizations”
In a book geared toward the general reader, scholar Anne Norton confronts Islamophobia in the West and argues against the persistent notion that Islam and the West are locked in a cosmic battle.
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What’s Islamophobia, and Do I Have It?
I’m not arguing that Islamophobia is racist, or that Islamophobes are racists, because that’s not quite what’s happening. For one thing, Islamophobes embrace ex-Muslims like Ayaan Hirsi Ali, and racists wouldn’t (indeed couldn’t) do the same. But consider the similarities: the Islamophobe must assume Muslims suffer some sort of pre-Islamic inferiority, sufficient to explain how some (largely non-white) people—actually, a lot of people—not only fell for Islam in the first place, but then stayed down. How long do enforced ideologies last? Nazism: twelve years. Communism: some decades. Islam: Fourteen centuries and counting.
Read MoreRomney and the Jews
Israel doesn’t win him votes, but picking Ryan was a loser for him.
Read MoreHearts and (Versus?) Minds: Bachmann’s Ultrasound Bill
Why she has placed the heartbeat center stage.
Read MorePossibility that Bachmann Believes in Wifely Submission Irrelevant?
According to a recent essay by Sen. John Danforth, she just doesn’t, so it’s not.
Read MoreRepublican Candidates Face Mythical Gays
There was a time when politicians could get away with bashing gay people because they were invisible. That time appears to have passed.
Read MoreRomney Wins Iowa by 8 Votes
But lacks the religious fervor to connect with 75% of GOP.
Read MoreBruni on Bachmann
Who is the “we” Bruni is listening to?
Read MoreThe End of Michele Bachmann?
Even Republicans can’t stomach her Islamophobic conspiracy theories.
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