The Vatican released Pope Francis’s encyclical Laudato Si’ at noon in Rome this morning. The Pope says he seeks not merely the attention of his Catholic followers…
Tag: religion
Yesterday I had to knock down the rumor that Ted Cruz was blaming Indian rain dances for flooding in Texas. But now the press tells…
An eager reader helps me bounce not too far from Bartlett and Howie’s fact-free Christian exceptionalism to this Slate article about the willful ignorance of creationists. Columnist…
We’ve plowed ground like this before, but the end of the school year brings my happy household another reminder of the porous separation of church and…
In a battle between Baptists and bankers, I should just run for cover. But the Southern Baptists get me to cheer them on by joining a right–left nationwide…
A group of Black Hills provocateurs plans to blaspheme marriage and Mount Rushmore… on a Sunday, no less! “Celebrate Marriage Equality”—we all know that’s code for…
An eager reader sends me this Fresh Air interview with Kevin Kruse, author of One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America. Kruse says…
Imagine you’re out on your tractor planting corn on your farm. Some city slicker pulls up to the fenceline and flags you down. You finish your row, hop…