The pointless absurdity of Georgia Republicans' new Jim Crow voter-prevention scheme is part of the point, but photo-ID by mail is still laughably dumb. Also: "Ain't gonna study war no more," and Franklin Graham and the anti-vaxxers. Read more
The pointless absurdity of Georgia Republicans' new Jim Crow voter-prevention scheme is part of the point, but photo-ID by mail is still laughably dumb. Also: "Ain't gonna study war no more," and Franklin Graham and the anti-vaxxers. Read more
"Cease to do evil, learn to do good; seek justice, rescue the oppressed, defend the orphan, plead for the widow." Read more
If you're going to swear an oath, don't put your hand on a book that forbids swearing oaths. Plus: What conspiracy theorists are afraid of; and Why we say "Resign, Ted" even though he lacks the decency to do that. Read more
A white pastor asks "How can we move forward together?" with insurrectionists, white supremacists, and antisemites. Because he thinks we should do that. Read more
“Study reveals half of pastors say they’re hearing conspiracy theories in their churches.” This is an interesting, but frustrating survey in that it doesn’t tell us much about what kind of conspiracy theories these folks find circulating in their churches. I’d guess they mean things like Q-Anon, Krakenolotary, covid-denialism and the like, but the survey didn’t get into that, so we can’t say. They’re not just on friends’ and family members’ Facebook pages or weird corners of the internet. About... Read more
"Many have asked how evangelicals could brush aside lying, bullying, adultery, and racism to support Trump. But when you consider how most evangelicals think about abortion, it’s not hard to understand." Read more
Reading Sarah Posner, Fiona Hill, Lerone A. Martin, Fannie Bialek, and David Blight is a smart thing to do. Read more
Why would you think "Warwick cafe owners criticized for online remarks" was a better headline that "Warwick cafe owners praise Hitler"? Read more
At the age of 16, going on 17, Liesl von Trapp was already wiser than the both-sidesism of NPR. Didn't anybody learn anything from "The Sound of Music"? Read more
In the final week of his disastrous presidency, Donald Trump has commuted the sentence of Fred Clark. Allow me to explain ... Read more
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