By Jean Carnahan, first posted on Huffington Post Aug. 31, ‘07
The next time you’re in a public place and some politician peers into your eyes, broadens his stance, taps for your attention, and begins spouting “family values” rhetoric, run for the nearest exit.
Since Larry Craig was once a co-worker of mine in the U.S. Senate, I [...]
Entries from August 2007
August 31, 2007
Words for Lusty Larry
August 20, 2007
Our Religious Destiny
By ARTHUR C. BROOKS
August 20, 2007; Wall Street Journal
Recently the presidential campaigns have been turning to talk of the candidates’ religious faith. Barack Obama proclaims a “personal relationship” with Jesus Christ. Democratic candidate John Edwards is on the religious offensive, speaking for Jesus himself when he tells an interviewer he thinks Christ “would be appalled” by [...]
August 17, 2007
In a world where religion is pushing events, US diplomats need a greater expertise in it.
Christian Science Monitor, August 16, 2007.
In much of the world, religion – not ideology – is the prime motivator propelling people and events, often leading to violence. Congress had a sense of that a decade ago when it began considering how the US might better promote religious freedom and tolerance in its foreign policy. It’s [...]
August 9, 2007
At Last A Comic Book Atheist Hero
Matthew Chapman, Posted on huffingtonpost.com, August 8, 2007
Pat Tillman, an extraordinarily square-jawed football player who gave up a lucrative professional life to go and fight for his country, was at first hailed as a hero by a military eager for good publicity. When it was discovered Tillman died as a result of “friendly fire” — [...]
August 8, 2007
Conservative, White, Churchgoing, Republican Male = Bush Supporter?
AP: Washington, Aug. 7, 2007
To see the type of person who still backs him, President George W. Bush need only look in the mirror.
The president fits the composite of today’s Bush supporter: a conservative, white, Republican man, an evangelical Christian who goes to church regularly.
Hammered by bad news in Iraq, congressional investigations and recent failed [...]
August 1, 2007
Theocon Whinery Tour Begins Here
Republican presidential hopeful Sam Brownback said rival Mike Huckabee should apologize for a supporter’s “prejudiced whisper campaign” against him for being Catholic.
The supporter, a pastor in Windsor Heights, Iowa, sent an e-mail to Brownback supporters pointing out that Huckabee is an evangelical Protestant and Brownback is not. Huckabee, a former Arkansas governor, is an ordained [...]
