Assigning Blame
By Jamelle Bouie - Nov 20th, 2008 at 2:18 pmOn the debate over which faction is to blame for the GOP’s current electoral woes (intensified somewhat by Kathleen Parker’s recent, kind of inflammatory, column),…
Posts Tagged ‘religion’
Focus on the Family Lays Off Employees
By Kay Steiger - Nov 19th, 2008 at 3:23 pmIt seems that James Dobson’s organization, Focus on the Family, is laying off more than 200 people–about 20 percent of the organization–after the organization sank…
Why Do Evangelicals Have Sex So Early and Liberals So Late?
By Matt Zeitlin - Nov 17th, 2008 at 3:35 pmMargaret Talbot has a must-read piece in The New Yorker from earlier this month looking at differences in sexual behavior between culturally conservative Christians, especially…
Pastor: If You Voted for Obama, You Sinned
By Jesse Singal - Nov 14th, 2008 at 10:45 amFrom a Boston Globe religion blog:
The pastor of St. Mary Catholic Church in Greenville, SC, is urging parishioners who voted for Barack Obama not…
Religion and Same-Sex Marriage
By Kay Steiger - Nov 10th, 2008 at 3:00 pmI largely agree with Emily’s post about same-sex marriage. As frustrated as GLBT activists might be, there are two important things to think about: First,…
At Temple College, Don’t Say “Gott Ist Tot”
By Kay Steiger - Nov 4th, 2008 at 4:44 pmWhile everyone is worry about the election today, this news item from Inside Higher Ed is just weird. A professor from Temple College, a community…
Analogy Fail
By Jamelle Bouie - Nov 4th, 2008 at 10:49 amIn First Amendment news, the Supreme Court is preparing to consider a case which will decide whether government (at all levels) is required to permit…
A Smart Critique of Religulous
By Jesse Singal - Nov 3rd, 2008 at 4:52 pmI saw and enjoyed Bill Maher’s Religulous, but it is far from a scholarly work of evenhanded inquiry. Seed has a good article up explaining…
“Bearing False Witness”
By Ned Resnikoff - Oct 31st, 2008 at 11:37 amFollowing up on Senator Elizabeth Dole’s atheist bashing from the other day, this response ad from Kay Hagan (via Atrios) is kind of disappointing:
I…
Dawkins is Off the Deep End
By Jesse Singal - Oct 30th, 2008 at 3:33 pmIn my opinion Jamelle was too gentle with Richard Dawkins, who has decided that he wants to investigate whether books with magical elements like the…
If Even Phish Gets a Comeback, Maybe Godless-Bashing is Due for One Too
By Ned Resnikoff - Oct 30th, 2008 at 2:08 pmThis has been making the rounds: Liddy Dole put out a new ad for her Senate race the other day, and it’s… uh… well, just…
First God, Then Harry Potter
By Jamelle Bouie - Oct 30th, 2008 at 11:08 amRichard Dawkins is none too pleased with the Harry Potter series:
The prominent atheist is stepping down from his post at Oxford University to write…
The Persistence of Negativity
By Jamelle Bouie - Oct 28th, 2008 at 10:05 amVia ThinkProgress comes the revelation that more than half of Kentucky Republicans–and almost a quarter of Kentucky Democrats–are unaware that Barack Obama is a Christian:…
We Also Feast on the Innards of Puppies
By Jesse Singal - Oct 22nd, 2008 at 2:22 pmPolitico:
Rep. Robin Hayes (R-N.C.) has conceded that he did tell a North Carolina crowd that “liberals hate real Americans that work and accomplish and…
