Opinion
Big Business vs. Bigotry in North Carolina
(Weekly column) Facing a torrent of criticism for signing a discriminatory anti-LGBT bill, North Carolina’s Republican Gov. Pat McCrory took baby steps away from the
Trump Comparisons to Early Hitler Are Legitimate
Trump is running a fascist campaign that targets opponents for violence
The Cynical Redefining of Religious Liberty
Freedom of religion allows a person to live by his or her conscience, not commit unconscionable acts against others in the guise of liberty
Anti-Gay Kentucky Marriage Clerk a Charlatan Shyster
Both charlatan Davis and the shysters at Liberty Counsel are avaricious phonies and an affront to actual, principled Christianity. Their real God is greed and
Phony Martyrdom and Mutiny Over Marriage Equality
The Religious Right was fine with the Culture War rules of engagement – as long as they were winning
The Conservative Movement Needs A Few Good Shrinks
The conservative movement has collectively lost its mind. It is out of touch and out to lunch with dishonesty and delusion
The GOP Bozo Bus and its Graveyard of Skeletons
The myth that the GOP is a party of “Family Values” continues to crumble, with chronic scandals rocking the hypocritical conservative movement to its soulless,
The Immoral Habit of Homophobia
Homophobia is far from over, but the ability wrap the habit in a shroud of morality is clearly not as easy as it once was
Time to Ban Conversion Therapy
The real goal of conversion therapy is to co-opt medical language to offer a psychotherapeutic veneer to theologically based animus
Marco Rubio: A Fresh Face, with Policies that Need a Facelift
The real mystery is how in the 21st Century a man like Rubio could be considered a serious presidential candidate
