Whether one believes or not religion is as real a force in the life of the world as economics or politics and it demands fair-minded attention. Even if you think the entire religious enterprise is at best misguided and at worst counterproductive it remains vital inspiring great good and sometimes great evil.
Only the most unapologetic biblical fundamentalists for instance take every...
Here is a pretty good rule of thumb for Democratic Presidents: if it didn't...
Attacks on a politician's identity - questioning Romney's religion say or...
The attacks of September 11 - and subsequent acts of terror from London to...
The power of the American system of republicanism lies in its capacity to...
Once the cry and the cause of a generation of progressives to make America...
It would be great if politics were fact-based but it is not and it is...
A wise nation should cultivate a political spirit that allows opponents to...
If a person is homosexual by nature - that is if one's sexuality is as...
The problem for those who assert biblical authority in support of traditional...
The only politics in this country that's relevant to black people today is...
On the mountains mistakes are fatal. In politics mistakes are wounding...
The difference between the men and the boys in politics is and always has...
We mistake politics for legislative debate. You can be passionate without...
First take the government of the Indians out of politics second let the...
Politics was my third act. But I could have a fourth. I don't know what that...
I call it people-to-people politics and that's what politics should be about...
Most people get their politics obviously from TV shows about senators or...
This idea that a book can either be about character and feeling or about...
There is this concept of politics as a dirty game. It's a difficult game but...