Religious Belief, Like History Itself, Is A

From Jefferson To Jackson To Lincoln To Fdr To Reagan, Every Great President Inspires Enormous Affection And Enormous Hostility. We'll All Be Much Saner, I Think, If We Remember That History Is Full Of Surprises And Things That Seemed Absolutely Certain One Day Are Often Unimaginable The Next.

The Government Invented The Internet.

Extremists Often Derive Their Inspiration From Literal Interpretations Of Texts That Should Rightly Be Read Not As Associated Press Reports From The Ancient World, But As Theological And Literary Enterprises Requiring Independent Intellectual Assessment.

While We Remain A Nation Decisively Shaped By Religious Faith, Our Politics And Our Culture Are, In The Main, Less Influenced By Movements And Arguments Of An Explicitly Christian Character Than They Were Even Five Years Ago. I Think This Is A Good Thing - Good For Our Political Culture.

As A Southerner Born After The Epic Events Of The Civil Rights Movement, I've Always Wondered How On Earth People Of Good Will Could Have Conceivably Lived With Jim Crow - With The Daily Degradations, The Lynchings In Plain Sight, And, As The Movement Gathered Force, With The Fire Hoses And The Police Dogs And The Billy Clubs.