"Fighting over facts is very unlikely to convince anyone." So how do you find common ground with those you love who happen to love conspiracy theories? Arthur Brooks’s column makes several excellent points, particularly: don't ruin something you love by focusing on what you hate.
Read MoreBy now, you have heard that David DePape broke into Nancy and Paul Pelosi's home looking to harm the Speaker of the House. Speaker Pelosi was not at home then; however, her husband Paul was, and DePape attacked him.
Read MoreChristian nationalism is on a five-year decline in America. This would be good news, except their findings also show that Christian nationalism is increasing in public discussion.
Read More"Politics is causing great spiritual harm in Americans' lives, and a big reason for that is Americans are going to politics to get their emotional and spiritual needs met."
Read MoreWithout endorsing all the flourishes of Kevin Williamson’s rhetorical style, his latest for The Dispatch is worth reading. In short, Williamson aims at the laziness inherent in our current politics, where the best argument for why Republicans who are pro-life should vote for Herschel Walker is that he is not a Democrat.
Read MoreRarely in our lives do we get such a profound sense that we are living through history and have a chance to do something about it.
Read MoreWhat do you do when the people you have spent decades with in a religious community feel like strangers? Or begin to see you as an outsider?
Read MoreOverall, there does seem to be a reason for conservatives to be optimistic. With Trump losing control of the party, there remains a chance for a future of conservatism that is not swept up in the petty grievance politics Trump has been known to play.
Read MoreFamilies, friends and faith groups have been torn apart by increasing divisiveness and polarization. The American Values Coalition empowers people to mend these divisions and reject the causes.
Read MoreThe plain truth is that right now, at this point in American history, it is possible for many Americans, regardless of party, to support an anti-democratic candidate so long as that candidate speaks to their needs. That is what Trump did.
Read MoreGerson makes the case that the Jesus many Evangelicals in America claim to worship would be against the political tactics often deployed by Evangelicals, especially when they team up with Donald Trump and others in Trump's sphere.
Read MoreWhile partisan hostility is high, we are not as divided as polls and social media suggest, according to new data.
Read MoreWith all the talk of a civil war after the FBI retrieved government documents from Trump's Mar-a-Lago home, The Atlantic's Tom Nichols writes about what we can expect from this new era of right wing political violence.
Read MoreMuch has been said about Trump's impact on our politics. It's true that he smashed through precedents like a bull in a china shop. Trump certainly tested and often succeeded in destroying the guardrails of our democracy.
Read MoreBetween Tuesday night's primaries, deleted texts, and the usual antics from MAGA world, it's been a hectic week in the right-wing world of misinformation, conspiracies, and election denying.
Read MoreWhat will the January 6th Committee results do for the average Jane and Joe who voted for Donald Trump but did not storm the Capitol? What about your neighbor or co-worker who proudly flies a Let's Go Brandon flag and shares Newsmax articles but can admit that Donald Trump was out of line?
Read MoreEvangelical and primarily white churches in America are in the middle of an identity crisis that has been a long time coming. To better understand what I mean by an identity crisis, it's worth reading Tess Owen's piece for Vice profiling several Christians who have left their church because the church forgot what they are for and began preaching the gospel of the American Dream instead of Jesus Christ.
Read MoreHow do we cope in a post-truth society? If the President of the United States can continue to lie about how he won an election that all facts have proven he lost and people continue to support him, how do we move forward? When people can spot misinformation but still choose to spread it on social media, what hope do we have that truth can prevail?
Read MoreInstead of joining together to find solutions to our shared problems, Americans are wrapped up in a never-ending blame game with dire consequences.
Read MoreIt is not hard to make a case that Donald Trump is morally or politically responsible for the mob's actions on Jan 6. Still, French points out that it is much harder to prove that a politician is responsible for the violence of a mob. Unless, …
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