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I'm Out of Here, For Christ's Sake

by Richard Flory & Brie Loskota The sky is falling and apparently it's taking organized religion with it. That's the take-away message in a recent Los Angeles Times opinion piece by William Lobdell. Starting with novelist Anne Rice's defection from … Continue reading

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My iPhone is My Co-Pilot

by Brie Loskota The only thing Americans seem to like more than the culture war is trying to make money off the culture war. As soon as the “Jesus fish” appeared on the back of a minivan, another enterprising group … Continue reading

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Is "Buy Christian" the New "Buy American"?

by Brie Loskota Stoxx Europe Christian Index recently launched to allow enterprising Christian capitalists to exercise their moral principles in the context of the free market. A press release announcing the fund notes that it was developed for a “growing … Continue reading

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Imprisoned by Short-sighted Politics

by Brie Loskota In his recent–and final–state of the State address, California's lame-duck governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, remarked that California overspends on prisoners and underspends on higher education. He called for a constitutional amendment to ensure that the State would have … Continue reading

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Will a "God Gene" Tell Us What Religion Really Is?

by Brie Loskota In last weekend's New York Times, science writer Nicholas Wade argued that new discoveries in archeology and evolutionary biology might allow us to bridge the gap between religion and science.  Religion, he notes, has historically provided cohesion … Continue reading

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