If we flatter ourselves by pretending we're Bonhoeffer, we'll probably wind up acting like Niemöller. But if we can face up to the fact that we're all much more like Niemöller ... Read more
If we flatter ourselves by pretending we're Bonhoeffer, we'll probably wind up acting like Niemöller. But if we can face up to the fact that we're all much more like Niemöller ... Read more
Remembering the Sabbath -- and the Mill Girls and other exploited workers who fought to make it a day of rest against the strenuous objections of wealthy Christian mill owners and church-going legislators in Christian America. Plus: It doesn't take a 700-word op-ed to explain "Why Donald Trump appeals to" white people who share his sins and nightmares. Read more
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Wherein we revisit one newspaper article; one grand jury report; and two brazenly dishonest letters from a man claiming moral authority. Read more
Smart reads from Dahlia Lithwick, Jamelle Bouie, Adele M. Stan, Linda Kay Klein, and Steve Kandell. Read more
Bruce Barnes knows what the future holds. He has read the prophecies, and so he has devised a two-part strategy: 1. Dig a really big hole; 2. Hide in it until Jesus comes back. Read more
"Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your doings from before my eyes; cease to do evil, learn to do good; seek justice, rescue the oppressed, defend the orphan, plead for the widow." Read more
The average cost of attending Liberty University, after financial aid, is $24,000 a year. Four years of that will forever link your name with a man who teaches that only Donald Trump can save us from cannibalistic Illuminati. Read more
"They will dig up these ruins and make flutes of our bones / and blow a hymn to the memory of the orphans of God." Read more
For all of the creepiness inherent in any ritual loyalty oath, the Pledge of Allegiance does get right something that a great deal of American culture gets very, very wrong in 2018. It specifies what the flag stands for. Read more
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