Makes a good case for concern over attempts by the religious right to weaken the Establishment Clause.

Offers insight into a controversy without becoming shrill, paranoid or controversial itself.

Well done; it would nice of the zealots would devote a even a fraction of the energy wasted on gay-bashing on real issues like the environment and our misguided war in Iraq

A truly frightening story. What scares me the most is the double standard. Lawyers who protect us all from big companies who foul our air and water are bad--despite the fact that this pollution probably kills far more people than AIDS. But their God squad attorneys are good. George Lakoff has a good explanation for why these guys are so focused on gays. If you can be openly gay and God doesn't strike you dead, it undermines their whole fear-based morality. That's the real threat--to ... More »

Here we go again. The evil Christian machine is on the march and you better look out. Oh my gosh, this organization is supported by Christians like James Dobson! Let's all run in fear, because James Dobson is a Christian. The reporter does nothing to point out the hideous nature of causes the ACLU have protected...one for example, the North American Man Boy Love Association is atrocious. Looks like the ACLU may have a sparring partner in the future when they try to protect the rights ... More »

This piece offers the reader the essential "who, what, where, when, why" of good journalism without stepping over the line into polemic pap. The statements are verifiable, accurately reported, and lacking in either vitrol or sensationalism. The content of the piece alerts the serious reader to the profound problem of keeping our Constitution unstained by the will of ideologues and fanatics, who seem to be gaining widespread recognition because of the shrill and midget-minded rant ... More »

Sam Harris in “The End of Faith” sets out the problems being endured in our world as a result of an unquestionable belief in different books said to be written by a “God”. This faith in matters denied by existing knowledge is handed down from generation to generation. Evidently the schools are now the battleground. It is an indictment of human genetic code that the persecution that drove the emigration from Europe to North America remains in our nature.