A favorite meme of the anti-“Religious Right” is that Jesus wasn’t political, and they should stop mixing the Bible with GOP politics. And so, my left eyebrow raised all by itself when I saw this: “He was out there fighting… Continue Reading
In our discussion in the comments at the main page, Tom Van Dyke and I discussed whether Chief Justice Roberts’ decision in NFIB v. Sebelius, aka, the Obamacare case, demonstrated the essence of statesmanship (and possibly a shrewd power play)… Continue Reading
[I won’t likely have time to do any deeper analysis of the decision until the distant future, in news-cycle terms. At any rate, the decision upholding the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, is too important not to offer an initial… Continue Reading
[Originally posted on the main page] Note: This post is part of our League Symposium on inequality. You can read the introductory post for the Symposium here. To see a list of all posts in the Symposium so far, click… Continue Reading