The Southwest and Southeast regions of the United States lived up to their reputation as the home of the nation’s Bible Belt in 2017, producing nine of the nation’s 11 most religious states. In contrast, the Pacific and New England regions have 10 of the 11 least religious states for […] Read more »
As Stormy Daniels tells her story, six conservative Americans debate whether Trump is a role model
Roughly 22 million Americans turned on “60 Minutes” on Sunday night to hear adult-film star Stormy Daniels say that she once spanked President Trump with a magazine that had his face on the cover and then had unprotected sex with him. For many, the interview was the latest in a […] Read more »
Evangelicals meet partisanship
Twenty years ago, evangelical leaders could hardly have been more appalled. Arguing that character counts, Rev. Franklin Graham asserted that if a president “will lie to, or mislead, his wife … what will prevent him from doing the same to the American public?” The late Billy Graham’s son was referring […] Read more »
Despite porn stars and Playboy models, white evangelicals aren’t rejecting Trump. This is why.
A porn actress says she had sex with Donald Trump, only a few months after his wife gave birth to a son. A former Playboy model says she had an affair with him, too. And yet according to a Pew Research Center poll conducted March 7-14, both white mainline and […] Read more »
Why are Americans still so afraid of Islamist terrorism?
In the wake of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, American fears of terrorism spiked sharply. Right after the attacks, over 70 percent of Americans said that another terrorist attack “causing large numbers of American lives to be lost” in the “near future” was likely. What is remarkable, according […] Read more »
Elites v. Populists: The conflict goes back at least 500 years
How to deal with the Trump-supporting working class? Since the election, that question has rippled through liberal circles. Should white workers be condemned and quarantined, or cultivated and persuaded? The debate is not new. A version of it played out 500 years ago, between Erasmus of Rotterdam, the greatest of […] Read more »