This post is not an exercise in persuasion or in condemnation. Nor does it involve any sort of compromise, "middle ground" or "third way." All I want to do here is to explain what it is that I believe about abortion and what the political implications of that are for me. Read more
Retail and restaurant managers are expressing their fervent concern for the privacy of workers who test positive for covid. I'm sure this is a principled commitment to privacy and not an effort to avoid scaring customers. Read more
"She hates it when I do this" is always creepy. And it's often true. Read more
The salacious details are just the sideshow. The more important story here is about duplicity, hypocrisy, the pseudo-religion of the right-wing culture wars. And maybe also about that fuzzy line between fixers and blackmailers. Read more
Franklin Graham is trying to drum up enthusiasm for his upcoming “Prayer March” in Washington, DC, by lying to his followers on social media. In watching some of the @DemConvention on TV, it's been interesting to see the absence of God. I don’t believe America’s finest hours will be in front of us if we take God out of gov't & public life. It's God who set the standards we're to live by. https://t.co/4acCbnbkUP — Franklin Graham (@Franklin_Graham) August 21,... Read more
Did Winona Ryder and Keanu Reeves accidentally get married? This echoes a centuries-old theological question. Read more
Before we get into a further discussion of Jerry Falwell's cynical hedonism and the Mammon-worshipping hypocrisy that underlies so much of white Christian nationalism, we should first discuss Keanu hands. Read more
The difference between the dual scandals that Dismukes has brought on himself is that the criminal charges involve undisputed immorality while the toxic white supremacy, sadly, involves disputed morality. Read more
Ralph Reed is back because he never went away like he promised he would. Also: Evangelical colleges pledge to be covid-free just like they pledged to be alcohol-free. Read more
This is what happens when you choose to use a useful lie. The lie becomes a part of you and instead of you using it, it starts using you. Read more
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