https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to newt gingrich en https://religiondispatches.org/2017/05/17/irony-really-dead-gop-plans-send-adulterous-third-wife-serial-philanderer-ambassador The Republican Party has maintained a death-grip on protestations of moral authority on matters of sexuality for most of my adult voting life. Since the Reagan administration we have seen a party that has consistently hoodwinked voters with its assurances… Wed, 17 May 2017 01:15:47 EDT Patricia Miller f46cf2d6-6844-4a7e-9f89-1f2736bb7441 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/07/18/shared-fantasy-redemptive-violence-between-isis-and-islamophobic-right What led Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel to rent a refrigerated truck, arm himself with a few pistols and fake assault rifles, and begin his terrible rampage last week on the beachside promenade of Nice? For some people, of course, Lahouaiej Bouhlel’s… Mon, 18 Jul 2016 07:52:27 EDT Donovan Schaefer dd70ea8a-c7f3-4939-8341-81fd1d4f57c4 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/11/16/tweeting-isis-attacks-lesson-not-learning-lesson After Friday’s horrific attacks on Paris, France, leaving 129 dead, hundreds wounded, a nation traumatized, and a world shocked, we are of course asking: What do we do now? But, of course, we’ve been here before. We overthrew the Taliban… Mon, 16 Nov 2015 05:05:07 EST Haroon Moghul c9fb7e15-e20b-4747-bf81-3d6411b1106b https://religiondispatches.org/2015/04/13/rand-pauls-messianic-campaign-video-shouts-yes-i-can The unique spectacle that is the presidential election season entered a whole new realm of fantasy last week with the dissemination of “A Different Kind of Republican Leader,” the official Rand Paul campaign trailer. Painting Paul as a kind of… Mon, 13 Apr 2015 02:26:48 EDT Gareth Higgins 0417a250-2e6f-4c67-aba3-cb2d99ee554e https://religiondispatches.org/2014/06/12/catholic-bishops-vote-double-down-culture-war The U.S. Catholic Bishops’ vote to maintain their politically aggressive Ad Hoc Committee on Religious Liberty for another three years signals that despite the warnings of Pope Francis to tone down the culture war stuff, the bishops are fully invested… Thu, 12 Jun 2014 08:53:21 EDT Patricia Miller 37a4f15b-161a-4392-a286-8e290f61d1dd https://religiondispatches.org/2013/07/15/enlightenments-islam-necessary-fiction When we read of Enlightenment efforts to rehabilitate the image of Islam alongside the fact that outgoing Rep. Michele Bachmann raised more than $1 million in 25 days from a Muslim-themed witch hunt, it’s easy to ask how such openness could curdle into such paranoia. But that would be too simple. Mon, 15 Jul 2013 05:54:00 EDT Rob Goodman aa6b2ea0-2289-42a6-bf64-f292d2db0b43 https://religiondispatches.org/2013/01/14/new-disciples-report-south-carolina Across South Carolina—and indeed the country—voters attend tiny churches, Bible studies, and prayer meetings. Their collective views on the candidates are much more difficult to measure and assess. And while they may be consumers of Christian talk radio, or televangelism, or other religious media, they are not lock-step followers of the decisions of elites who met at a ranch in Texas, or of Jim Bob Duggar, or of anything but their own received revelation. Mon, 14 Jan 2013 05:11:31 EST Sarah Posner 1077c48b-0a06-424d-83a6-95cf633a4e6f https://religiondispatches.org/2013/01/03/whats-islamophobia-and-do-i-have-it I’m not arguing that Islamophobia is racist, or that Islamophobes are racists, because that’s not quite what’s happening. For one thing, Islamophobes embrace ex-Muslims like Ayaan Hirsi Ali, and racists wouldn’t (indeed couldn’t) do the same. But consider the similarities: the Islamophobe must assume Muslims suffer some sort of pre-Islamic inferiority, sufficient to explain how some (largely non-white) people—actually, a lot of people—not only fell for Islam in the first place, but then stayed down. How long do enforced ideologies last? Nazism: twelve years. Communism: some decades. Islam: Fourteen centuries and counting. Thu, 03 Jan 2013 05:12:16 EST Haroon Moghul 5c9bd624-c760-4213-a627-7843eb136cfb https://religiondispatches.org/2012/08/09/herman-cains-long-running-minstrel-show-finally-end Assessing the evidence that he’s not a card-carrying member of the religious right. Thu, 09 Aug 2012 05:44:48 EDT Anthea Butler 95c08e73-b4f6-4565-9a1e-b8b8f68b5bfe https://religiondispatches.org/2012/08/09/evangelicals-and-newt-love-him-or-hate-him Sorting it all out. Thu, 09 Aug 2012 05:43:37 EDT Sarah Posner 0d278749-8760-4d4a-95ce-19d5b0cf7741 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/08/09/guerilla-warrior-judeo-christian-political-commentary-stars-anti-newt-video-iowa Calls Gingrich “the GOP’s Kim Kardashian.” Thu, 09 Aug 2012 02:28:06 EDT Sarah Posner 1b1879ca-3359-4bb9-86fa-a6ba06aa4386 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/08/09/talking-about-religion-will-not-help-romney Better to just ride out the Gingrich surge. Thu, 09 Aug 2012 02:04:37 EDT Joanna Brooks ccef568e-c63e-4c42-923a-34c199cf0027 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/08/09/gingrich-ia-political-director-resigns-after-cult-mormon-comments-go-public Debacle raises questions about readiness of Gingrich campaign. Thu, 09 Aug 2012 01:48:22 EDT Joanna Brooks 2337e879-2533-4921-8213-38c78346e557 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/08/09/iowans-life-denies-being-behind-anti-gingrich-flyers Flyers describe Gingrich as “pro-life fraud.” Thu, 09 Aug 2012 01:46:20 EDT Sarah Posner cb5bc956-c666-4045-9518-939017dddafd https://religiondispatches.org/2012/08/09/gingrich-signs-personhood-usa-pledge Opts for most radical definition of fetal personhood. Thu, 09 Aug 2012 01:45:17 EDT Sarah Morice-Brubaker 1bea98ff-aec1-4294-a6a3-da61cc065b96 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/08/09/gingrich-teh-gay Newt Gingrich seems to be getting his conservative Christian credentials all locked up. Thu, 09 Aug 2012 01:44:21 EDT Candace Chellew-Hodge aa7b5931-7711-4b7b-95ae-b92830da5840 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/08/08/speaking-palestinian-american-republican-who-confronted-gop-debate Half the fight against bigotry might just lie in showing up. When Abraham Hassan stood up at Thursday night’s CNN debate, he introduced himself as a Palestinian-American and a Republican. Plainly, that’s not what I expected to hear. Wed, 08 Aug 2012 08:18:25 EDT Haroon Moghul f0ab9b6f-2407-4b10-89ea-8eff5ebadc4a https://religiondispatches.org/2012/08/08/florida-primary-winner-war-religion-talking-point Though Gingrich got clobbered in today’s Florida primary, his echoing of the US Bishops’ war on religion talking point is likely to make it all the way to the 2012 election. Wed, 08 Aug 2012 08:17:37 EDT Sarah Posner d4fe5e0e-4d1a-412a-af71-5912a75fd037 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/08/08/newt-gingrichs-hero-religion-crushing-dictator South Carolina’s winner has long idolized Turkey’s Kemal Ataturk. Wed, 08 Aug 2012 07:44:50 EDT Haroon Moghul 2c2886c3-bf97-4d3e-827f-9ff96fec8c59 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/08/08/mitts-mormonism-responsible-south-carolina-loss New data tracks role of religion in the race. Wed, 08 Aug 2012 07:43:07 EDT Joanna Brooks dbff3ad6-2674-4df3-9fff-869e47e4fd59 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/08/08/gingrich-israel-and-assassinate-obama-comments What’s to come when a right wing billionaire funnels money to Newt and a columnist jokes about killing the president? Wed, 08 Aug 2012 07:41:37 EDT Shalom Goldman 7ca9f464-92c6-4475-ae46-0de8f90ae8d3 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/08/08/gingrich-claims-obama-violates-catholics-right-worship The contraception mandate becomes a campaign issue. Wed, 08 Aug 2012 07:35:33 EDT Sarah Posner 6ae8e6a7-ac9e-4501-9dd4-4efa3eecaf0a https://religiondispatches.org/2012/08/08/jesus-and-gop-and-some-whitney A professor, a rabbi and two comedians discuss religion and politics. Wed, 08 Aug 2012 07:03:59 EDT The Editors 72caa16e-eca1-4f75-aa22-4eea42e940a0 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/08/08/republican-no-schools-left-program The religious right’s goal of dismantling public education. Wed, 08 Aug 2012 06:24:08 EDT Julie Ingersoll 5594e3e7-0ca7-4990-b749-5f6df0f670e5 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/08/08/joyless-primaries-grind A big MoPublican Super Tuesday recap. Wed, 08 Aug 2012 06:12:40 EDT Joanna Brooks 0ecfab15-dc37-4d13-b51c-56f82ab7dff6