Christian Morality vs. Free Markets: The Constants of a Conservative
Contemporary conservatism is home to an odd mix of pundits and personalities, from Bible-thumping social…
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Rejecting the Binary: Why Left v. Right Doesn’t Work
It is easy to say that the “religious right” opposes the “secular left,” but what…
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With Egypt’s presidential election a few weeks away, former Field Marshal Abdul-Fattah el-Sisi seems all…
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The current battle, contrary to much coverage, isn’t between Islamist and secular forces.
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The Abortion Debate, Texas Style
This Monday the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services (HHS) of the Texas Legislature heard more than 13 hours of testimony regarding SB1 (Senate Bill 1), a bill designed to “regulat[e]… abortion procedures, providers, and facilities.”
Free Arabs: Satire, Disobedience, and Disclaimers
Free Arabs describes its work as “a unique combination of investigative journalism, trendy reporting, arty activism and impertinent satire”—all enshrined in the site’s slogan: “Democracy, Secularism, Fun.”
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Why Atheists Should Fight For Establishment of State Religion
The debate over the “Defense of Religion Act” in North Carolina played out with the predictability of a sitcom. I offer this modest proposal, then, to remind both sides that if this is a war, then they have fought to a stalemate, and it is time for some new tactics, by which I mean: the history of religion in America demonstrates that the winner of the culture war will be the side that does the opposite of everything they are doing now.
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Let My Preachers Endorse: A Modest Church-State Proposal
In response to churches that refuse to quit electioneering Church-State watchdogs are demanding action… but what if there were a way for churches to constitutionally endorse candidates and do all the electioneering they like? Well, here it is…
Read MoreThe Pretzel Logic of Religion and Politics
Is religion in politics a game of reveal and conceal?
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Mitt Romney and the Ghost of Anti-Mormonism
“I think today’s anxiety about Mormonism can’t be compared to that of the past. The anti-Mormonism that was nearly universal during Smoot’s era is now a tradition maintained by a very small slice of the American population. The Republican primaries gave that small slice a megaphone: the artificial loudness of their voice makes people overestimate their number.”
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