Category: Politics
Americans United for Life: Bent on Ending Abortion at All Costs
by WS Editors | Apr 15, 2012 | Legal Affairs, PoliticsDescribed as “a National Public Interest and Law Foundation Organized for the Purpose of Defending Human Right to Life From Conception to Natural Death,” AUL was founded in 1971 by a group of activists including zealous right-winger and media censor Brent Bozell. In the past few years, its growth has been metastatic. According to AUL’s […]
Politics and “Personhood”
by Michelle Goldberg | Apr 15, 2012 | Legal Affairs, PoliticsPartly, it was a bait and switch. Much of the Tea Party was always the Christian right rebranded; according to the Public Religion Research Institute, three quarters of Tea Partiers consider themselves Christian conservatives. Among those who made their way to Congress with Tea Party support were Ann Marie Buerkle (R-NY), a former spokesperson for […]
Rush Limbaugh, Rick Santorum, and the Pope Walk Into a Room—Your Bedroom
by Deirdre English | Apr 1, 2012 | PoliticsThe Church has not softened its stance against contraception or the “Obama compromise,” which requires the insurer rather than the religious institution to provide contraceptive coverage. Republican members of Congress have not retracted their defense of the Church’s position. They vow to keep employer health plans from covering contraceptives for hundreds of thousands of employees of all faiths working in religious institutions. The contraception […]
Fetal Attraction
by WS Editors | Apr 1, 2012 | Legal Affairs, PoliticsSantorum’s position on contraception conforms with a doctrine that most Catholics ignore: that sexual union must serve the purposes of procreation. “It [contraception] is not okay because it’s a license to do things in the sexual realm that is counter to how things are supposed to be,” Santorum said. “They are supposed to be within […]
Even at Home, Freedom Isn’t Free
by Osha Gray Davidson | Mar 15, 2012 | Foreign Policy, Legal Affairsto the collateral constitutional damage of the War on Terror. But the author, former New York Times correspondent David K. Shipler, is in pursuit of a much larger and more troubling development. Shipler exposes the frayed edges of our “constitutional culture.” Most citizens don’t know much about our liberties, he argues persuasively, and so don’t guard them from […]
Bad Faith Documentary
Bad Faith
“A great and powerful and timely film” – Ken Burns
Critics are raving about BAD FAITH, the sensational expose of Christian Nationalism from directors Stephen Ujlaki and Chris Jones
“One of the Ten Best Films of 2024” – Variety
Editor’s Picks
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By Anthony Barnett
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Bad Faith: Christian Nationalism’s Unholy War on Democracy
By Hamilton Fish
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God and QR Codes for Trump; The Courage Tour Goes to Michigan
By Anne Nelson
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Project 2025: The Latest Plot Against America
By Anne Nelson
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Possible Use of Depleted Uranium Munitions Adds New Dimension to the Human Toll in Mid-East War
By Barbara Koeppel
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What Does Putin Have on Trump?
By Bob Dreyfuss