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Theocratic Constitutionalism & the Hollowness of Republican “Freedom”
How disconcerting to have one’s Christian name used as a Twitter tag to describe the aspirations of seven men and one woman, none of whom will ever be President. Still, yesterday’s debate gave a fairly...
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The Wages of Extremism
We can argue about whether the right’s continued practice of fanning the flames of Islamophobia actually leads to death. But here’s something that’s substantially more definite: Because Republicans...
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Our Republican Endorsement
Today, let’s take a break from negativity. In the Republican Primary, this site endorses Jon Huntsman. Mr. Huntsman will never win the nomination. He rejects creationism and climate denialism. He has...
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Why We Care About Scientific Understanding in Electeds
Kevin Williamson at NRO punts on a fairly interesting question about why we should care that politicians understand science. His basis: because science is hard, and a specialist field, electeds can’t...
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Two Fundamentalisms
How is this distinguishable from Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson’s brand of Christianity? Allah has struck New York and the capital city Washington by an earthquake as a punishment for their disbelief....
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Cultural Leadership
Rick Warren, the halfway-liberal evangelist briefly involved in the President’s inauguration, offers two tweets on cultural leadership, for those who believe the task can (and should) be undertaken:...
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Remembering Mr. Hitchens
It’s an insecure, easily-threatened worldview which feels the need to frame every tragedy its opponents face within its own narrative. But that’s the outpouring we’ve seen from some on the Christian...
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The Dangers of Constitutional Theology
Rick Santorum’s surprising return to relevance should justify a second look at some of his… crazier beliefs. This The New York Times ably provides, per Molly Worthen, who questions whether his...
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Defining a Place for the New Atheism
I’m moving to Brooklyn! With no internet. Hence delays. Andrew Sullivan, with Bryan Appleyard, together question the value of the “new atheism,” which they define as a belief system devoted to the...
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In Santorum, Death or Vindication for Democracy?
Especially given Rick Santorum’s two recent wins, and headlines practically blaring Romney’s concomitant weaknesses, I tend to see the Republican primaries as proof of a problem without a solution:...
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