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Howard Roark shrugs in his own defense.

The Satanic Temple has done it again, turning one of the religious right’s best weapons...

[I sent a copy of this letter to the governor and my state legislators.] Dear...

A house that my elderly family members can get around in? Who cares about that?

As much as we might depend on the courts to enforce our rights, those courts...

[I sent a copy of this letter to all my congressional representatives.] Dear Senator/Representative: As...

Rand skips over what could've been a genuine and realistic obstacle for her hero to...

I'm going on vacation for the July 4 holiday, so I'm planning to run some...

It's happening right here in America, in communities of successful and highly educated people.

Dear Governor Cuomo: As a New York State resident and a Democrat, I was dismayed...

It sets a dangerous precedent, but sometimes it's necessary.

The most likely outcome is that he'll dwindle into a historical footnote, just as he...

• Michele Bachmann says Christian conservatives will never win another election if Hillary Clinton wins...

This is what happens when 'tough-on-crime' voters demand a carceral state but don't want to...

An unaccustomed fresh breeze is blowing from the direction of the Supreme Court.

Links and miscellany: Cool Pope hates your marriage; the surprising connection between vaccine injuries and...

I didn't have a strong opinion on Hulk Hogan's lawsuit against Gawker Media for posting...

Religious sects and cults that conceive of themselves as serving a higher, sacred purpose will,...

There's more good news in the saga of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of...

Although the vast majority of American local officials are issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples,...

My latest column on the Guardian is up: "There's a silver lining in the religious...

Last week in Washington state, another special religious privilege bit the dust. The Ninth Circuit...

You know it's been a big week when the Supreme Court once again upholding Obamacare...

June 26, 2015 will be remembered as the day love won out in the United...

It's only been a few short weeks since the agony of Ferguson and the Black...

Eight years ago, a particularly nasty cult leader named Warren Jeffs was sentenced to life...

My newest column on AlterNet is up, Right-Wingers' Secession Threats: Fighting Tooth and Nail on...

The week after I spoke in Alabama, there was a happy milestone in this reddest...

• From Valerie Tarico, how religion can let loose humanity's most violent impulses. A thoughtful...

Awful news from Brooklyn this weekend: A disturbed man shot his ex-girlfriend (who's expected to...