The Jewish Divide on Israel The Jewish Divide on Israel
A growing grassroots movement has challenged the artificial AIPAC consensus.
Jun 24, 2004 / Feature / Esther Kaplan
Ralph Reed’s Gamble Ralph Reed’s Gamble
When Ralph Reed was the boyish director of the Christian Coalition, he made opposition to gambling a major plank in his "family values" agenda, calling gambling "a cancer on the ...
Jun 24, 2004 / Editorial / Jack Newfield
Onward Christian Soldiers Onward Christian Soldiers
The religious right's sense of siege is fueling a resurgence.
Jun 17, 2004 / Feature / Esther Kaplan
Sacred Rite or Civil Right? Sacred Rite or Civil Right?
Gay marriage shows why we need to separate church & state.
Jun 17, 2004 / Feature / Rev. Howard Moody
Election Matters Election Matters
We seem to have arrived at another of those bizarre and somewhat surreal moments when the media have "rediscovered" America's evangelicals.
Jun 17, 2004 / Editorial / Randall Balmer
Kerry and Communion Kerry and Communion
Is it a sin for Catholics to vote for former altar boy John Kerry?
May 27, 2004 / Editorial / John Nichols
The Metaphysical Couple The Metaphysical Couple
This book has a past, which begins at least in 1995, when Elzbieta Ettinger brought out a controversial account of the unpublished correspondence between Hannah Arendt and Martin...
May 20, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Carol Brightman
Homophobia of All Hues Homophobia of All Hues
The marriage-equality movement confronts anti-gay sentiment among blacks.
Apr 29, 2004 / Feature / Christopher Lisotta
Neocon Man Neocon Man
Daniel Pipes has made his name inveighing against an academy overrun by political extremists. But he is nothing if not extreme in his own views.
Apr 22, 2004 / Feature / Eyal Press
With God on His Side… With God on His Side…
So, it was a holy war, a new crusade. No wonder George W. Bush could lie to Congress and the American public with such impunity while keeping the key members of his Cabinet in th...
Apr 21, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer