The 4th of July

Andrew Sullivan hits the nail on the head: I believe in life. I believe in treasuring it as a mystery that will never be fully understood, as a sanctity that should never be destroyed, as an invitation to experience now what can only be remembered tomorrow. I believe...

Religious Factoids

Evangelicals and Muslims: Peas in a pod? Which groups have the biggest anti-gay agenda? How many atheists believe in God? (Unanswered: Why are they unclear about what “atheist” means?) All this and more.

Dobson

It may not be the most Christian thought, but I hate what James Dobson has done to Christianity. In that light it’s unsurprising that I found his recent accusation that Barak Obama is “deliberately distorting the traditional understanding of the Bible to...

And now…

The Democrats capitulate to the Bush White House, American civil liberties are once again crushed, and the evil-doers go scot free. At some point here–and I don’t know when–it’s going to dawn on people that the US government is a serious threat...