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Populist party, LaRouchite, and other neo-fascist overtures to progressives, and why they must be rejected.

New Super Tuesday robocall.

Faith is completely redundant. It may take a long time for people to figure out it’s redundant, but given what we know about psychology and the way the brain works and the way evolution has taught us not to just battle each other into submission, but to cooperate and help each other, there will come a time when people see it as unnecessary, a philosophical distortion of reality.

Bloggingheads.

Michael Muhammad Knight is living in that liminal space, not crossing thresholds of belonging and closing the door. He walks back and forth, and the text conveys that sense of unsettledness. Intentionally or not, Knight forces the reader to think about how we define ourselves and how much agency we actually have in that process.

MD legislature passes marriage equality, but whither the voters, come this Fall’s referendum?

Republicans are losing the gay marriage fight. That’s why contraception is their new battleground.

Oversight Committee chair responds to Democratic counterpart.