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March 2016

March 01, 2016

Five Ways “Representative Democracy” is Failing Us

It's a nice sentiment to think that voting matters and that our systems of government...

February 2016

February 22, 2016

Nerds, Bullies and Why Trump is Winning

If you're like me, you were baffled at first by Donald Trump's success in his...

November 2012

November 09, 2012

Our Interview with Jim Wallis on Immigration Reform

In our most recent special post-election edition of the HomeBrewed Christianity CultureCast, we sat down...

October 2012

October 29, 2012

Is Democracy Dividing Us?

I've watched with some fascination as the projected electoral map takes shape, with great swaths...

October 10, 2012

Is Our Debt to China the Key to Global Peace?

We've been hearing an awful lot about the national debt lately - particularly during the...

September 2012

September 19, 2012

Romney Video Points to Heart of GOP Disdain

Recently, the left-leaning news outlet, Mother Jones, reported a story about Mitt Romney that included...

September 08, 2012

Identity Theft: When Politicians Hijack Jesus’ Name

Gotta say I'm a big fan of this church sign at my father-in-law's church: It's...

March 2012

March 17, 2012

Sex, Babies, Music, Gas and Politics: My Chat with Carol Howard Merritt

Author, speaker, pastor and God Complex Radio show host Carol Howard Merritt invited me on...

February 2012

February 29, 2012

Ron Paul: A Bad Lip Reading Tribute

So I got a little bit of heat for the last one of these I...

February 28, 2012

Still Wondering if Santorum is a Theocrat?

Sometimes political candidates get wrongly labeled as a theocrat (one whose policy decisions are directly...

February 23, 2012

Mules, Sex and Rick Santorum

As a blogger, I could not ask for a more interesting presidential candidate than Rick...

November 2011

November 18, 2011

The Daily Show Does “Occupy Wall Street”

Say what you like about Occupy Wall Street; this is funny stuff. Just goes to...

November 15, 2011

When Legislating Morality Falls Short

I was doing my daily browsing of blogs, catching up on the news and opinions...

September 2011

September 22, 2011

Grace in the Face of Violence

Two recent stories struck an emotional chord with me that I'm still trying to sort...

September 15, 2011

System Failure: Reflections on “Raised Right”

There are plenty of criticisms offered against today’s American youth and young adults. And despite...

September 09, 2011

Is Postmodern Christianity Dead?

Some people find great pleasure in being the first to claim the death of the...

September 06, 2011

System Failure: Reflections on RAISED RIGHT

System Failure By Christian Piatt There are plenty of criticisms offered against today’s American youth...

August 2011

August 24, 2011

Meeting Jesus’ Doppelganger

Hollywood has done a lot to tarnish the reputation of Jews in popular culture when...

August 06, 2011

You might be emergent if…

If there's one thing emergent Christians can't stand, it's being categorized, or worse, stereotyped. It...

July 2011

July 23, 2011

Un-American in the name of Jesus?

Un-American in the name of Jesus? By Christian Piatt (Originally printed in PULP) I used...

May 2011

May 13, 2011

Freedom not to be free?

Freedom not to be free? By Christian Piatt (Originally published in PULP) We’ve all watched...

April 2011

April 11, 2011

Pueblo Going Nuclear? (NewSpin)

Newspin Pueblo Going Nuclear? (Originally printed in PULP) Everyone’s aglow about the prospect of nuclear...

March 2011

March 09, 2011

My radio interview: Why alternative media matters

This is a recording of an radio show I did on KCSJ 590 AM with...

February 2011

February 18, 2011

Deconstructing Pueblo’s inferiority complex

Deconstructing Pueblo’s inferiority complex By Christian Piatt (Originally printed in PULP) If I had but...

January 2011

January 12, 2011

Review of SPLIT TICKET book in Sojourners Magazine

You can check out the article online and more about this great magazine at www.sojo.net...

December 2010

December 10, 2010

Why the Ground Zero Mosque should be built

A surprising contingency of people seems to have their knickers in a knot about the...

December 06, 2010

House of the Rising Stench | P.U.L.P: Pueblo Colorado

NewSpin: House of the Rising Stench Written by Christian Piatt December 2010 There's a home...

November 2010

November 20, 2010

Why Colbert and Stewart matter to politics

Newspin By Christian Piatt (Originally published in PULP) By the time this goes to press,...

November 03, 2010

NEW PODCAST: Privilege, Power, Politics and Peace

The following is an edited-down version of the keynote lecture I gave to the Young...

October 2010

October 07, 2010

Privilege, Power, Politics and Peace (my Keynote in Vegas 10-2010)

I was asked to speak at a young adult event in Vegas back in 2010...