Conservatives

Everyone Needs to Read This

Eugene Cho 7-08-2010

Everyone needs to read this.

Every Christian needs to read this.

Every Christian, pastor, leader, community organizer, and influencer needs to read this.

Getting Past False Debates

Jim Wallis 7-02-2010

Yesterday, President Barack Obama spoke on the moral issue of reforming a "broken and dangerous" immigration system, in a speech that grew

Beyond Camelot: Britain's Un-American Austerity Program

LaVonne Neff 6-24-2010

Our British cousins have come up with an economic policy that could not be more different from what we Americans have been doing for decades. I rather like it.

Why My Conservative Business Friends Support Immigration Reform

Crissy Brooks 4-30-2010

Recently I turned to a conservative, white businessman friend to get some insight into how immigrants enhance our culture.

Evangelicals on the Border: Steps Forward and Back for Immigrants

Maryada Vallet 4-21-2010

From the borderlands perspective, it has been a week of momentous steps both forward and back for immigrants.

On Faith on Glenn Beck, and a Video PSA for Social Justice Christians

Ryan Rodrick Beiler 4-19-2010

Last week, The Washington Post's On Faith site devoted their weekly Q&A to the debate over social justice which they titled, "Wallis vs.

Wearing My Jesus Goggles to the Boston Tea Party

Steve Holt 4-15-2010

The Tea Party Express -- the traveling band of conservative speakers, entertainers, and organizers -- stops in Washington, D.C., today on its nationwide effort to "vote them out of office" in the 2010 mid-term elections. Sarah Palin, one of the most galvanizing conservatives in years, has joined the Express in an attempt to bring more mainstream conservatives into its ranks.

Our Response to Poverty in the Light of Easter

Neeraj Mehta 3-31-2010

Why are people poor? Why do they stay poor? What would it take to get them out of poverty? These are major questions that have been heavily debated for a century in our country.

What Catholics Can Teach Glenn Beck About Social Justice

John Gehring 3-24-2010

While it's generally not worth spilling any ink over Glenn Beck, his recent attacks on churches that preach "social justice" has rightly earned the condemnation of diverse faith leaders

A Torture Apologist's Flawed Theology

John Gehring 3-10-2010

The Washington Post has a new op-ed page writer drawing scrutiny for his hearty endorsement of "enhanced interrogation," which translated from Orwellian into English means torture.

The Pope vs. Climate Change Deniers

John Gehring 2-19-2010

The recent blizzard of bunk coming from climate change deniers giddy over the recent Snowmageddon that paralyzed the nation's capital is a classic case of putting ideology and politics before scien

State of the Union: Our Responsibility for the Government We Deserve

Valerie Elverton Dixon 1-28-2010

My measure of a good State of the Union address is whether or not I am able to stay awake through to the end.

More Haitian History and Perspective on Pat Robertson and the 'Pact with the Devil'

Ryan Rodrick Beiler 1-15-2010

Like many of you, my first reaction when hearing Pat Robertson's as

Big Oil, Corporate Greed, and Social Sin

John Gehring 11-06-2009

As an urbanite fortunate to live within walking distance of work and trendy restaurants, I rarely drive these days.

The Media's Favorite Catholic Culture Warrior

John Gehring 10-23-2009

Just in time for Halloween, Bill Donohue of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights is once again spooked about all those "radical secularists" lurking ominously behind ever corner.

Health Care, Race, and the Role of Government

Efrem Smith 10-01-2009

I was recently talking with a European-American friend of mine who is also an evangelical. I am African-American and evangelical.

Conservative Catholicism's Political Enforcers

Cesar Baldelomar 9-29-2009

As a struggling Catholic, the uproar and division caused by conservative U.S.

Obama, Bigotry, and Balance ... and Death Threats

Ryan Rodrick Beiler 9-25-2009

There is some good conversation going around God's Politics partner blogs about what role race is playing in the current wave of opposition to Obama's policies, including Rep.

Global Warming's Six Americas

Rusty Pritchard 9-24-2009

Climate Week is upon us, and as world leaders gather at the UN and the G-20 to nibble away at the problem of international cooperation to address the issue, popular American responses seem to veer

Government-Run Health Plans and the 'American Way of Life'

Lisa Sharon Harper 9-18-2009

Tea-totaling party animals are crying the mantra of the Ghosts of Conservatives-past, "Blankety blank blank will change our American way of life!" Now all the president's men and women -- especiall