He’s no Jack Kennedy
This very good New York Times piece says presidential candidate Mitt Romney (a Mormon) faces none of the bigotry John F. Kennedy (a Catholic) faced back in 1960. Writer Kenneth L. Woodward says most Americans “are willing to accept Mr. Romney’s assertion that Mormons are Christians, albeit of a highly unorthodox kind. [...]

Education policy wonking
It should be as obvious as “water is wet”, but because religious beliefs are involved, rigorous studies must be performed to establish the obvious. And so today comes the latest study showing that abstinence-only sex education doesn’t work. The study arrives just as Congress is considering a bill that contains $141 million in [...]

In fairness, they’re nuts who claim to be Christians
There’s a great moment in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Young Goodman Brown when Brown discovers the Christians in his New England village worshipping Satan. It’s a tale of obsession, clearly–men and women so panicked about evil that they kind of like it. I’m reminded of Hawthorne following every [...]