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“So-called ‘climate change crisis’ is about as real as unicorns and little green men from Mars,” says Alabama Republican Chip Beeker.

The nine most terrifying words in the English language, are ‘I’m from the government, and I’m here to help. – Ronald Reagan There’s an irony embedded in the outraged responses of the “religious…

There’s been a lot of discussion lately of the ideological roots of the Christian Right. Sarah Posner dissected Nebraska Senate candidate Ben Sasse’s dissertation here on RD, noting that according to…

Ben Sasse, winner of last week’s Republican Senate primary in Nebraska and likely the next senator from that state , is a Tea Party hero with an unusual credential: a PhD in history from Yale . Sasse…

When Republicans turn Satanic Panic on their own.

Conservative US Christians rally ‘round Putin; African Anglicans defend anti-gay laws.

How do we balance King’s dream with McNair’s nightmare in our supposedly post-racial and now-digital age? We still live in a country of freedom dreams and violent nightmares.

FDR is held responsible for many things, but no one has linked his legacy to the recent threat of a government shutdown.

It’s not as if churchgoing has been a reliable indicator of a president’s goodness, but still, it might be politically useful for Obama to sit in a pew from time to time.

Last fall, Wall Street Journal editorialists such as Peggy Noonan and Karl Rove were full of confident predictions about the election. Rove had his polls, Noonan her “vibrations,” each telling them of the near surety of a Romney victory.