When Faith Trades its Soul for Power

The Christian Right’s Bargain with the Devil by Mark M. Bello An AI image of Donald Trump as Jesus. An attack on the Pope for preaching restraint over war. Choosing to fund war over daycare A rush toward conflict with Iran when negotiation was still on the table. People dying in the Middle East. This […]

Monsters

By C J Waldron There are monsters living among us. Unlike the fictional monsters with their grotesque appearance, these have a human face. They dwell not in the shadows, but in plain sight. Rather than fearing the sun, they bathe in spotlight. They are in our government, our churches, our schools and even in our […]

To Evangelicals

By C J Waldron I’ve read the Bible from cover to cover which is why I’m an atheist. If you think Trump’s a great man, you are not following scripture. He is a con man, an adulterer, a liar, a thief and with the blowing up of boats in the Caribbean, you can add murderer […]

Are We Losing Our First Amendment Rights?

By C J Waldron In this day and age of creeping authoritarianism, the rights Americans have enjoyed for almost 250 years have been diminishing. Most particularly are our First Amendment rights. As the current administration tightens its grip on the reins of power, those who oppose it are losing the very freedoms upon which this […]

Signs of the Times: Jesus or Trump?

By Dan Luzadder Our sturdy whitewashed church, Center Chapel, stood on a modest hill overlooking wide sweeps of farmland; farm houses, red barns, furrowed fields and tree-lined fence rows in the distance. I first saw that landscape walking up worn stone steps with my working-class father, steadied by a painted metal railing, cool and smooth […]

Woke Teachers Aren’t the Problem—They’re the Solution

By C J Waldron These days there is an outcry from the right against what they call “woke”. They insist that it begins in our schools and indoctrinates children with woke philosophy. They want schools to become a place that promotes their own form of patriotism, where their leadership is unquestioned and a sanitized version […]