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Could there be any more polarizing figure in the Jewish community than Richard Goldstone? When the esteemed South African judge issued his 2009 report alleging that Israel had committed human rights abuses during the 2008-2009 Gaza War (known as Operation Cast Lead), many in the Jewish community…

Well here’s a new smear: Obama voters are just plain ignorant, civics-wise. Guess what? So is everyone else…

The Civil Rights Movement needs to be understood in its historical context…

… Driving, of course.

A response, and a clarification. Palin is not yet out of the public eye…

A new report (Christian-written) report claims that Christian persecution is on the rise due to Islamic fundamentalism and other factors. A more, um, Christian report might have acknowledged shared responsibility for violence.

Despite the absence of some of its most recognizable leaders, and clinging to the old standbys of abortion and gays, a loose coalition of Religious Right activists recently met in Denver to pump fists for McCain; the old leadership wasn’t all that was missing…

Bishops accuse longtime advocacy group ACORN of political partisanship and withdraw support. Now who’s partisan?

No matter whose name eventually emerges from the fog of smoke over the Vatican this week, it’s safe to say his face will soon grace the cover of Time. Just under the wire for Holy Week, the traditional season of religiously themed magazine covers.

There is no “Jewish vote.” Jews vote. A small number of them vote for Republicans. Most of them vote for Democrats. Every cycle the Republicans try to improve on their last performance, but Jews are overwhelmingly liberal. So Republicans try to draw them in by talking about Israel, an issue very few of them vote on, but an issue that has the added benefit of helping Republicans shore up their evangelical base.