McCain Piles On in ‘Bitter’ War of Words

Staff / Truthdig Apr 15, 2008 John McCain joined Hillary Clinton in critiquing Barack Obama's characterization of small-town Pennsylvania's (and by extension, perhaps, America's) "bitter" outlook, telling a crowd of magazine and newspaper editors on Monday that Obama's description represented "a contradiction from what I believe America is all about." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

New Clinton Ad Jumps on Obama’s Remarks

Staff / Truthdig Apr 15, 2008 There are many opportunities, in every heated political campaign, for one candidate's perceived slip-up to quickly provide the plot for another's next TV spot. Here, Hillary Clinton's camp has some Pennsylvania supporters weigh in on Barack Obama's recent statements about their home state. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

News Flash: Obama, Clinton Claim Christian Faith

Staff / Truthdig Mar 7, 2008 There's been plenty of innuendo and chatter about Barack Obama's religious affiliation and beliefs lately, but both Obama and rival Hillary Clinton have described their faith with little room for extrapolation in recent months. Here's what they had to say. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Misguided Mercy

Joe Conason / Truthdig Dec 13, 2007 Some killers apparently were able to get out of prison by letting then-Gov. Huckabee know they had "found Jesus." The terrible aftermath may say something important about the presidential candidate. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Romney’s Walk on a Tightrope

Staff / Truthdig Dec 7, 2007 The former Massachusetts governor must stop the advance of presidential rival and Baptist minister Mike Huckabee, but he has to tread a careful line in addressing religious issues. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

A Faith-Based Boondoggle

Marie Cocco / Truthdig Nov 15, 2007 Countless studies show that abstinence-only sex education just doesn't work, so why is it getting more money than ever from the federal government? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

McCain: ‘Constitution Established a Christian Nation’

Staff / Truthdig Oct 1, 2007 John McCain's campaign is in dire straits, which may be why he told Beliefnet that he would prefer a Christian president who would "carry on in the Judeo-Christian principled tradition," and that "the Constitution established the United States of America as a Christian nation." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Chris Hedges on Apocalyptic Religion and the Death of Utopia

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Sep 19, 2007 In his book "Black Mass: Apocalyptic Religion and the Death of Utopia," John Gray warns that as the era of liberal intervention in international affairs wanes, it is being replaced with "primitive versions of religion" that will be used to fuel apocalyptic violence. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Obama Defends Religion Remarks

Staff / Truthdig Jul 31, 2007 In an interview with a Christian Broadcasting Network blog, Barack Obama stood by his assessment that conservative Christian leaders have "hijacked" religion. The candidate went even further, declaring that America is not exclusively a Christian nation. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Phony Piety on the Far Right

Joe Conason / Truthdig Jul 14, 2007 One of the most durable myths of American public life is that conservatives are more authentic in their religious faith than liberals and progressives. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) is just the most recent in a long line of fallen conservative Christian moralists to explode the myth. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Chris Hedges: I Don’t Believe in Atheists

Chris Hedges / Truthdig May 24, 2007 On Tuesday night, Chris Hedges and Sam Harris debated "Religion, Politics and the End of the World" The following is Hedges' opening statement, in which he argues that Harris and other critics of faith have mistakenly blamed religion for the ills of the world, when the true danger lies in the human heart and its capacity for evil. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

Falwell Dies at 73

Staff / Truthdig May 16, 2007 The Rev. Jerry Falwell -- televangelist, Moral Majority founder and head of Liberty University -- was found unresponsive in his office on campus Tuesday morning and pronounced dead shortly thereafter of heart failure. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )