Signs of the Times: Scenes from the 912 March.
From yesterday's Tea Party rally on the National Mall, sponsored by Dick Armey's FreedomWorks and other right-wing groups, and inspired by Glenn Beck, participants' posters -- both handmade and...
View ArticleDoes Size Matter? The Impact of the 912 Rally.
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View ArticleThe Skousen Admiration Club.
Dave Weigelpoints out the hypocrisy of Texas Gov. Rick Perry's professed admiration for W. Cleon Skousen, the Glenn Beck ideological godfather and anti-Communist oddball, at this weekend's Values...
View ArticleYes, Valerie Jarrett Is Beck's Next Target.
Two weeks ago, I wondered whether, based on a WorldNetDaily smear job linking her communists and other nefarious people, White House adviser Valerie Jarrett would be Glenn Beck's next target. Today,...
View ArticleThe Whining Over Pro-Life Democrats and Health Care Reform.
I don't know who appointed Steven Waldman the Democratic Party's chief adviser on abortion issues, but he is at it again at BeliefNet, expressing shock and dismay that the party leadership isn't...
View ArticleIs Public Support for Abortion Access Slipping, Or Is Apathy Rising?
A new poll released today by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life and The Pew Research Center for the People and the Press bears the headline: "Support for Abortion Slips." No doubt conservatives,...
View ArticlePresident of Leading Seminary Speaks Out in Defense of Kevin Jennings.
The religious right's four-month smear campaign against Department of Education Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools director Kevin Jennings ramped up this week, with heightened calls for his...
View ArticleThe Religious Right's Jennings End-Game.
Make no mistake: the religious right's smear campaign against Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools director Kevin Jennings is not about Jennings' alleged past actions, or even about the fact that...
View ArticleIslamophobia, From Screen to Capitol Hill.
Last week saw the preposterous spectacle of members of Congress calling for an investigation of the allegedly seditious activities of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR). Republicans Sue...
View ArticleChildren of God
As inflammatory tea party rhetoric gets toasted at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, Focus on the Family's advocacy arm tries to show a softer, gentler side of the religious right.
View ArticleCracks In The Catholic Armor.
It might look like Rep. Bart Stupak, the crucial holdout for more draconian restrictions on abortion in the health-care bill, was swayed, finally, by the executive order reiterating that The Patient...
View ArticleThe Lord Is My Insurer
Conservative Christians have found a way around health-care reform's individual mandate.
View ArticleSubmitting to the Christian Right
The press ignores the influence of religious conservatives on Republican lawmakers bent on curbing the rights of American women.
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