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November 4, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Is the New Atheism Dead?
How atheists and the religious are learning to get along
May 14, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
The Deterioration of the Christian Right Is Imminent
April 24, 2013
Nancy L. Cohen
Why America Never Had Universal Child Care
In 1971, a national day-care bill almost became law. Therein lies a story.
April 12, 2012
Ed Kilgore
Why Rick Santorum Wasn’t Conservative Enough to Beat Mitt Romney
February 18, 2012
Martin Peretz
Just How Influential Is the Christian Right?
January 19, 2012
Ed Kilgore
Reports of the Religious Right's Death Are Greatly Exaggerated
December 30, 2011
Ed Kilgore
The Many Accidents That Produced Romney's 'Inevitable' Nomination
December 5, 2011
Ed Kilgore
Make Fun of Iowa All You Want—It’s Still the Most Important State in the GOP Primary
November 18, 2011
Ed Kilgore
How Iowa’s Social Conservatives Lost Their Influence
October 14, 2011
Ed Kilgore
The Persecution Card
August 31, 2011
Ed Kilgore
Yes, Perry and Bachmann Are Religious Radicals
August 26, 2011
Ed Kilgore
Why Romney Desperately Needs a New Strategy
August 17, 2011
Tiffany Stanley
Rick Perry’s Conveniently Timed Conversion to Radical Evangelicalism
August 10, 2011
Ed Kilgore
How Rick Perry Became the Unity Candidate of the GOP
July 21, 2011
Ed Kilgore
Michele Bachmann’s Very Rough Road Ahead
July 11, 2011
Ed Kilgore
‘Teavangelicals’: How the Christian Right Came to Bless the Economic Agenda of the Tea Party
July 5, 2011
Jonathan Chait
Rick Perry, Michelle Bachmann, And The Christian Right
June 28, 2011
Ed Kilgore
Michele Bachmann: Can She Survive Being Taken Seriously?
June 17, 2011
Ed Kilgore
Rick Perry: Why He’s Not the Man to Save the GOP
May 19, 2011
Mark A. Noll
Jesus and Jefferson

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