Concerning recent (and seemingly conflicting) poll results from the First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt University, Justin Reynolds is, I think,…
Don’t drink everything that runs downstream
church and state
The wisdom of crowds
The majority of Americans may not know much about their own religions, but they seem to have a pretty good…
Jacoby: fixation on Obama’s religion is unprecedented and un-American
In her Washington Post opinion column, The Spirited Atheist, Susan Jacoby reflects upon the "billions of words" published in newspapers,…
Religion, the state, and a changing court
In a New York Times opinion piece, Linda Greenhouse raises questions about how today's Supreme Court might take a different approach…
Perceiving the President
A recent Pew Research poll indicates that an increasing percentage of Americans believe Barack Obama is a Muslim.
GOP candidate Angle says U.S. guilty of “idolatry”
As Michael Blood from the AP reported in an article on August 5, audio and transcripts from an interview Sharron…
Kenya has a new constitution
In Kenya, the "yes" side was able to claim a landslide victory in a referendum on what has been heralded…
U. of I. to renew controversial adjunct professor’s contract
The AP reports that Dr. Kenneth Howell, the recently scandalized adjunct instructor of religion at the University of Illinois, has…
Separating public space
Concluding a class trip to the Supreme Court, Maureen Rigo and her class from Wickenburg Christian Academy, Wickenburg, AZ, stopped…
Australian convictions
On June 24th, 2010, Julia Gillard replaced Kevin Rudd as leader of the Australian Labour Party and as Prime Minister of…