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In the ramp up to both the Democratic and Republican conventions the candidates have received little scrutiny of their positions on civil rights for LGBT people, or cultural issues more generally…

The 2016 Republican presidential campaign has transformed American politics, likely forever. Everyone is making adjustments, but two recent episodes suggest that some Christian Right leaders are finding the changes to be unusually challenging.

In September of last year, I weighed in on the debate over whether evangelicals really do support Donald Trump in large numbers. I bring it back up because, since I wrote that first piece, a spate of…

Donald Trump’s bizarre rise seems to be, as new research suggests, the result of an increasing American attraction to authoritarian leadership. I’d like to suggest that if “a desire for order and a…

Since Donald Trump started winning Republican primaries this winter, evangelical leaders have looked to absolve themselves of the taint that has come with the surprising news of his significant…

With every lurching brawl that brings America’s Problem Child one short finger closer to the Republican nomination for President of the United States (and that much closer to what looks like a sure…

Why do so many American evangelicals support the presidential candidacy of Donald Trump? Stephen Prothero, writing for Politico, recently added his voice to the chorus of analysts considering this…

I start my day like every Muslim does. By checking my phone. Breitbart, though, is hardly the first, second, or even third website I’ll check. Actually Allum Bokhari and Milo Yiannopoulos’ “ An…

Despite the clear animus of some high profile atheists, those who don’t believe in God are the most tolerant.

Mormons don’t like Donald Trump. That now seems abundantly clear after yesterday’s results in Utah where Ted Cruz trounced Trump, winning nearly 70 percent of the vote. With a paltry 14 percent, Trump…