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November 05, 2006

White Evangelicals and the GOP

Going into the elections on Tuesday, both President Bush and Republican candidates should be concerned about...

November 02, 2006

Democrats Do Christian Radio

If you drive across the country listening to Christian radio, you’ll probably notice two things...

October 2006

October 28, 2006

Don’t Think LIKE an Elephant

I was working on the Hill when George Lakoff's book, Don't Think of an Elephant,...

October 25, 2006

Those Liberal Evangelicals

A new Baylor study shows a majority of evangelicals hold "conservative" positions on certain issues...

October 23, 2006

Why Im Still Bullish on Porn

Conservatives aren't the only ones with successful wedge issues. I'll admit that I'm not very...

October 18, 2006

The Great Warming Call to Action

How often do you see leaders from the Christian Coalition, National Association of Evangelicals, the...

October 12, 2006

Somebody’s Off the Christmas List

How excited am I about David Kuo's tell-all book exposing the hypocrisy, manipulation, and possibly...

October 06, 2006

Why Our Humility Makes Us Better

In case anyone doesn't know, "separation of church and state" is not in the Constitution. ...

October 02, 2006

MLK and the Sin of Silence

I could never completely describe Martin Luther King, Jr. in just a few sentences,...

October 01, 2006

Foley, the Republican Leadership, and Schadenfreude

It deeply saddens me to try to imagine how blinded by power Boehner and others...

September 2006

September 30, 2006

Chairman Dean, Authenticity, and the 50-State Strategy

If religion forms your political core and you want to talk about, you should --...

September 30, 2006

Voting for the common good

Our friends at Catholic Alliance for the Common Good have just released a short but...

September 28, 2006

When Evangelicals Draft Our Platform

If you're looking for Democratic religious outreach success stories, one of the first places...

September 26, 2006

Candidate Shipe on Immigration Dilemma

I believe that the issue of Immigration must be looked at as a complex set...

September 25, 2006

Commonweal Gets It Wrong

Democrats' challenge is not a lack of religion, but verbalizing just how religion motivates our...

September 25, 2006

The Concept of the Common Good

Change is never easy, and Will Roger's famous description of his Party has definitely continued...

September 25, 2006

Catholics and the Democratic Party

Anyone interested in learning more about the relationship between Catholics and the Democratic Party (past...

September 24, 2006

The 2004 Exit Polls and “Moral Values”

When confronted with a term like "moral values" (not defined in any precise way by...

September 22, 2006

The Great Warming

In one month, an incredibly powerful movie will hit theatres nationwide: THE GREAT WARMING (TGW). ...

September 21, 2006

How the Climate will change our Political World

When I was a kid, I remember Kermit the Frog singing on TV about Earth...

September 20, 2006

A Material Vision Inspired by Faith

Tim Shipe is a Democrat running for Florida House Seat 31. This vision of...

September 18, 2006

Abortion–AHHHHHH!

Mention abortion to many faithful Democrats, and that is the reaction you'll get. They'll go...

September 15, 2006

Why Democrats Need Evangelicals

Significant numbers of Evangelicals vote Democratic and a growing number of them are what I...

September 11, 2006

Wanted: One Good Counter-Attack

Amid the flurry of generally positive interest and coverage that accompanied the launch of this...

September 06, 2006

The Casey Model

Because Bob Casey is the featured candidate this week, it seems only fitting to take...

September 06, 2006

The Struggle of Faith

My faith was challenged when my older sister was diagnosed with lupus, and I began...

September 04, 2006

Playing It Smart

In the past year, the percentage of Americans who say the GOP is "friendly" to...

September 01, 2006

Why I’m Bullish on Porn

I'd better not leave that title hanging out there without an explanation for too long...