The Christian Right is taking over America, according to Talia Lavin – but what is the best response?
By Russell Blackford, University of Newcastle Talia Lavin’s Wild Faith: How the Christian Right is Taking Over America is an angry response to the rise of American Christianity’s far-right fringe, which she depicts as a theocratic menace to secular government and liberal freedoms. As Lavin shows in abundant detail, the US Christian Right adheres to…
U.S. commandos rescue Air Force weapons officer from inside Iran
In the black hours before dawn Sunday, hundreds of American special operations troops punched deep into hostile Iranian territory, extracted a wounded Air Force colonel whose fighter jet had been shot down 48 hours earlier, and flew him to safety in a mission so perilous it required blowing up two of their own transport planes…
Women were the first to proclaim the resurrection, but rarely lead churches today
by Mary F. Foskett On Easter Sunday, festively decorated churches across the United States will be filled with worshippers eager to celebrate the most important day in the Christian year. While some will attend services led by pastors who are women, the overwhelming majority of worshippers will not. Women constitute 23.7% of professional clergy in…
Trump’s losing his war against Iran
Five weeks into President Donald Trump’s war with Iran, bombs have fallen on petrochemical plants and bridges, on missile silos and nuclear facilities, but there is no end in sight. as the White House asked Congress to approve a $1.5 trillion military budget for the 2027 fiscal year, the highest spending level in modern history.…
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