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January 2021

January 28, 2021

It’s not about the economy, it’s about being anti-science

I'm not sure which is more potent: conservatives' ready-to-go distrust of science and scientists, or...

January 18, 2021

Feminists, Repent!

Jillian is right---Matt could not possibly make his gospel look more unattractive if he tried....

January 12, 2021

Homeschooled Congressman Urged Conservatives to “Lightly Threaten” Their Representatives

This, apparently, is the bounteous result of the conservative Christian homeschool movement: a man who...

January 04, 2021

The “Man Code”

Um. You guys. This happened. Yes, right-wing radio host Jesse Kelly really wrote that....

December 2020

December 28, 2020

You Shall Know Them … By Their Politics?

Finchem and Trump and all the rest of their lot are asking God to overturn an...

December 14, 2020

Why “Dr.” Jill Biden Matters

We live in a world where men are granted authority automatically, but women have to...

November 2020

November 30, 2020

Well, which is it? Airing some double standards.

Sabatini's comments are in line with a bizarre celebration of violence that is so often...

November 24, 2020

The GOP’s Double Standard on Christianity

Do you remember how angry Republicans got at the very idea that people would question Amy Coney...

November 23, 2020

Politicians’ Lies No Longer Matter in a Post-Truth World

Not a single person should vote for Ted Cruz, or trust his judgement, ever again....

November 23, 2020

Better Dead Than Red, Pandemic Edition

I see a common thread in all of these fears---communism, government control, wolves in sheep's...

November 04, 2020

Making Sense of the Morning After

While the final results will take days to tabulate, we do know one thing: this...

November 02, 2020

Lindsey Graham: There Is Only a Place for Women Who Follow Traditional Family Structures

Anyone claiming that conservatives can't be sexist because they appointed a woman to the Supreme Court...

October 2020

October 27, 2020

Did You Say “Militia”? Because I Didn’t.

What are these groups, if they're not militias? Clubs, at best. Armed vigilantes at worse....

October 26, 2020

White Evangelical Protestants Aren’t Outliers, They’re Republicans

Being an evangelical isn't just about Bible study or altar calls; it's also about achieving...

October 21, 2020

The Republicans Are the Party of Social Control, Not Freedom

So no, the Republican Party is not the party of freedom. That's a nonsense lie and it...

October 19, 2020

Distilling the Chaos of 2020

It helps that, at the moment, there's one specific important thing to focus on: the...

September 2020

September 22, 2020

This Was Always the Endgame

In the intervening four years, white evangelicals have become entranced with Trump's anti-immigrant sentiment, his...

September 10, 2020

To Theocracy, or Not To Theocracy

So remember that post on Lori Alexander's blog that I wrote about recently? About how...

September 01, 2020

Actually, Red States Are the Most Violent

It's almost like violent crime rates are related to a variety of factors including things...

August 2020

August 19, 2020

What’s Actually Wrong with America?

We deny our young access to sex education; we deny our teenage girls and women...

August 18, 2020

Has the Era of the Two White Men Presidential Ticket Ended?

It's moments like these that make me feel that something has actually changed, something that...

August 13, 2020

This Is Racist Birtherism

Eastman argues that if Harris' parents didn't become naturalized U.S. citizens by the time she was...

July 2020

July 30, 2020

Don’t Let the Right Fool You: They Invented Boycotts

I have been flabbergasted at Right-wing claims to be against cancel culture, against censorship, and...

July 21, 2020

Small Local [Top Down Authoritarian] Government Conservatives

Republicans aren't about state's rights, either. At this moment, and for some time---perhaps some very...

July 20, 2020

The GOP is the real threat to religious believers

The true risk to religious believers is not the Left, for all of Laura Ingraham...

July 13, 2020

Lies, Lies, Lies, and the Death of Truth

I want to live in a world where a blatant, outright lie from a politician...

July 09, 2020

Trump Is Doing Everything He Can to Keep Schools Closed

In actual practice, Trump is doing everything he can to keep our schools closed. And...

June 2020

June 11, 2020

Pulling Down Statues Is Not the Same as Blasting Sacred Sites

So I thought I'd take a moment to explain the difference between what's happening here...

June 09, 2020

A Tale of Many Statues

This weekend, in Bristol, UK, protestors allying themselves with the Black Lives Matter movement in...

June 03, 2020

Our Nation Has Lost Its Witness

We have lost our witness and have walked so far off a cliff that I'm...