What Paul Krugman wrote in today's New York Times probably isn't terribly new to members of this community, but it's still well worth saying in a highly visible forum.

The infiltration of the federal government by large numbers of people seeking to impose a religious agenda -- which is very different from simply being people of faith -- is one of ( Read more... )

Today E.J. Dionne Jr. of the Washington Post published an interesting column in light of the current holiday season: Answers to the Atheists. I figured this might help religious_left readers deal with people who put them down for having any sort of religious belief.

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AlterNet has cross-posted a provocative piece from In These Times titled: "What Lessons Can Progressives Learn from Evangelicals?" Apparently, quite a few....

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I apologise for the lateness of this message but I want to inivte you all to the NYC Peace SIgn. For details see www.peacenyc.org

This weekend that begins a series of responses to the Aniversary of the War in Iraq is an important time. Across the globe, more than 50 cities will be conducting this same vigil and this year I am helping to ( Read more... )

In AlterNet, Rob Boston reminds us of the upcoming 60th anniversary of a little-known (outside legal and Religious Right circles) but important Supreme Court decision.

The Rev. Robert F. Drinan, a Jesuit priest who served in Congress from 1971 to 1981, died yesterday at the age of 86. You can read about him in the Boston Globe, the Washington Post, or the New York Times. For me, though, that's not the whole story ( Read more... )

The December 6th edition of the NORTHWEST HERALD ran yet another of those jaw dropping rants from conservatives that so amuse.  This time a new contributor, James Diamond, weighed in on the relative generosity of liberals and conservatives.  Click here to read his opinion.

As usual, my need to respond in detail far outstripped the HERALD’S current ( Read more... )

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What have you been reading about the intersection of religion and politics in this week's fabulous midterm election? The New York Times has this brief article, which I thought was interesting. A few quotes:

Some liberal religious advocates proclaimed yesterday that the ( Read more... )

Right now washingtonpost.com is hosting a Web chat on the intersection of religion and politics. Enjoy.

Author David Kuo just finished up a chat on washingtonpost.com about his book, Tempting Faith. For those of you who don't recognize the name, Kuo used to work in Bush's Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives -- until he started to believe that the administration was manipulating religious groups for political gain. He now believes that ( Read more... )