Is the Francis Era Ending the Catholic Bishops’ Cozy Ties to the GOP?
One of the more interesting revelations to come out of the Politico interview with John…
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Conservatives Have Officially Become the Catholic Church’s Tea Party
As the much-ballyhooed family synod lurches into its final days, with no clear consensus on…
Read MoreThe “Libertarian Moment” Wouldn’t Exist Without Religion
Ed Kilgore takes issue with Robert Draper’s New York Times Magazine piece exploring whether the…
Read MoreHow Steve Stockman Is Challenging John Cornyn Without Religion
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Read MoreThe Gospel of (and for) E.W. Jackson
Virginia’s candidate for Lt. Gov. preaches self-help politics and help-himself theology.
Read MoreObama Inaugural Address Challenges Tea Party History
It’s Seneca, Selma, and Stonewall vs. conquest and exceptionalism.
Read MoreGraham Whistles “Dixie” on Morning Joe
Franklin Graham, panderer to the most powerful (and most conservative) members of the GOP, revives Obama as Muslim lie.
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What Will Orthodox ‘Republicanity’ Look Like?
The Republican Party appears to be going the way of Tertullian who insisted that the true Christian must prove his or her bona fides by believing what is literally unbelievable.
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God Dissolves into the Occupy Movement
Saturday’s surge of Occupy Wall Street-themed actions could be a turning point. There’s obviously more to be felt and said about this than any journalistic treatment could hope to engage; nonetheless, four RD contributors, moderated by Senior Editor Sarah Posner, shared their own thoughts about a movement that remains fluid and thrilling and quite literally indescribable.
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Tea Party, Circa 1930s: A Response to Michael Kazin
While the money for the Tea Party may have originated in the conservative revival of the ’70s, when it comes to ideology and language, it stretches back much further, to FDR’s New Deal, when coalitions of businessmen and religious leaders began their fight against ‘socialism.’
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