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October 2017

October 30, 2017

‘The Public Face of [White] Evangelicalism’

While this white evangelical "mainstream" may have chosen to stand at a (slight) distance from...

October 17, 2017

John Henry and Universal Health Care

"Muscular Christianity" is rooted in fear -- specifically in fear of the physically stronger, and...

October 11, 2017

Bank error in bank’s favor, you lose $200

Citizens Bank messed up and they say they’re taking “full responsibility” for that. But what...

October 10, 2017

Everybody knows that the captain lied

The other big current story with an "everybody knows" angle involves Sen. Bob Corker of...

October 09, 2017

Everybody knows the deal is rotten

"Everybody knows" was a theme in two otherwise disparate stories in the news over this...

October 09, 2017

Fundamentalism is Not Conservatism (Biblically or Constitutionally)

The real dispute here is not between liberal and conservative traditions, but rather about the...

September 2017

September 27, 2017

The Face of White Christian Nationalism

Roy Moore, the likely next senator from Alabama, is the unmasked and unmaskable face of...

September 26, 2017

Jubilee for Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico is home to more than 3 million American citizens, but despite that legal,...

September 20, 2017

We Are Being Governed by Fools

Even if your individual self-interest or the interest of your ethnic or religious tribe is...

September 13, 2017

You were a fool to let me go

Not-Garland joined his fellow robed partisans to uphold racial gerrymandering in Texas. How long does...

September 05, 2017

The meaning of words

No one has ever said to me that my use of the word "tree" was...

August 2017

August 28, 2017

The promissory note first, then you can talk about the dream

"When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the...

August 03, 2017

The Prosperity Gospel: You’re Soaking In It

As Al Mohler walked along, he saw a man poor from birth. His disciples asked...

August 01, 2017

From deep on the religious right bench to Trump’s all-star team

It's a weird, murky account in the way that accounts of conservative ministry implosions often...

July 2017

July 28, 2017

There’s a bright golden haze on the meadow

All the sounds of the earth are like music. All the sounds of the earth...

July 25, 2017

Senate staffers and interns: Save yourselves, quit now

Résumés are forever. A year from now -- five years, 10 years, 30 years from...

July 12, 2017

We’ll build a wall — and yeast infections will pay for it

Steve King wants to pay for the "border wall" by redirecting funding from Planned Parenthood....

July 05, 2017

Between revolutions: ‘Take care’

"Here is a secret that is not a secret. Here is a curse that is...

June 2017

June 30, 2017

Satanic baby-killers … in spaaaaace!

It's appropriate to see the humor in this. After all, the same people who claim...

June 28, 2017

The Scary Story racket is a two-part grift

The private jet is the detail that really jumps out at everybody. As it should...

June 14, 2017

‘Make the phones ring off the hook — with REAL calls’

Ben Wikler of MoveOn wrote a helpful Twitter thread recently on why it's a really...

June 01, 2017

A Death Bet Is Morally Repugnant. So Is a ‘Rapture’ Bet.

Ask these Rapture-Christians about climate change and they'll assure you there's no need to worry...

May 2017

May 30, 2017

‘The WHY of this turn to the body’

This is key: "The why of this turn toward the body ... remains an important...

May 25, 2017

There is a feeling that you should just go home

Every day of the "Trump Era" it's something new -- something completely new that you've...

May 19, 2017

The ‘work ethic’ can be unethical (part 1)

You should always work hard and do your best. This is a moral obligation. That...

May 16, 2017

Trump and Erdogan and ‘a certain kind of consent’

It's overwhelming. And that's the dangerous thing. We're at risk of being overwhelmed. We freeze...

May 10, 2017

Sanctions against sanctuary cities should not be sanctioned

It's a bit odd to be writing about this right after President Trump's audaciously Nixonian...

May 07, 2017

Sunday favorites

"Whoever has two coats must share with anyone who has none; and whoever has food...

May 04, 2017

No, they’re not going to see *this* coming

Town hall meetings, public forums, letters, phone calls, etc., are only a starting point. Just...

April 2017

April 26, 2017

Trump requests extension for tax reform plan

The Trump administration today released a slap-dash, vague, one-page document on the subject of "Tax...