Lately I’ve been getting a lot of e-mail from conservative Christians and organizations lambasting what they believe are the Christ-denying evils of Oprah Winfrey’s obsession with A New Earth author Eckhart Tolle. I’m not familiar with Tolle or his books, some of which have sat atop best-seller lists for months (thanks, undoubtedly, to being Oprah […]
Sarah Posner
Sarah Posner’s coverage of religion and politics has appeared in The Washington Post, The New York Times, Rolling Stone, The Week, and many others.
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The FundamentaList (No. 31)
This week in the religious right: Pentecostals cry “bigotry” while Grassley says “corruption,” McCain makes headway with the religious right, and conservatives mock gay and lesbian teens.
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The FundamentaList (No. 30)
Evangelicals may have excluded political leaders from the drafting of a new manifesto, Huckabee launches a PAC, and the fight for religious freedom at the Air Force Academy.
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INTRODUCING HUCKPAC.
The long-anticipated next move of Mike Huckabee was finally officially unveiled just a few minutes ago, when the failed Republican presidential candidate launched his new website for his new federal political action committee, HuckPAC. HuckPAC will raise money to support Republican candidates. Which is odd, since Huckabee had trouble raising money for his own campaign. […]
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Compassion Forum Falls Short of Mark
Last night’s Compassion Forum was billed as a chance for the candidates to discuss how their faith affects their politics, but the journalist-moderators managed to leave out the politics part of the equation.
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PAT BUCHANAN: BUSH WILL ATTACK IRAN BEFORE LEAVING OFFICE.
In his Human Events column today, conservative (and anti-war) insider and pundit Pat Buchanan reads Gen. David Petraeus‘ testimony before Congress this week as laying the groundwork for war with Iran. He writes: The following day, Petraeus told the House Armed Services Committee, “Unchecked, the ‘special groups’ pose the greatest long-term threat to the viability […]
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HUCKABEE LOOKS TO THE FUTURE, MCCAIN LOOKING FOR 50 PASTORS.
Via Melissa Rogers, Mike Huckabee is slated to speak at Cornell University next week on “In God We Trust: The Role of Faith in Politics.” Sounds pretty pabulum, but his hometown newspaper interprets the speech as an opportunity to make big announcement about his next political move. The former candidate’s web site has been replaced […]
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The FundamentaList (No. 29)
Romney backers face angry followers, why Huckabee will be the next leader of the religious right, and how the focus on Catholicism misses Hagee’s worst views.
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WILL DAVID VITTER BE SPITZERED?
The Louisiana Senator is on the defense team’s witness list in the criminal trial of Deborah Palfrey, the so-called D.C. Madam. His lawyers say he will exercise his Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate himself, and will not testify at the trial. –Sarah Posner
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HAGEE TO BE “HONORED” IN ISRAEL; U.S. RABBI REJECTS ALLIANCE WITH CHRISTIAN ZIONISTS.
At his excellent blog, Gershom Gorenberg has a couple of important posts about John Hagee, who is being honored tonight in Ariel — which, as Gorenberg points out, is not in Israel but in the occupied West Bank — for his own work “honoring Israel.” As part of the bestowing of “honor” on the man […]
