In the World Posts for December, 2010

In the World

Hate groups hate being called hate groups

Dec 16, 2010 by Steve Thorngate

The Southern Poverty Law Center has added several antigay organizations to its list of hate groups, citing their "demonizing propaganda" and "propagation of known falsehoods." SPLC Intelligence Project director Mark Potok (whom Amy Frykholm interviewed for the Century a while back) and president Richard Cohen d

In the World

Another so-called movement

Dec 13, 2010 by Steve Thorngate

What do Melissa Rogers, Matthew and Nancy Sleeth, Jim Wallis and Robert George have in common? I'd say not much, other than being Christians, broadly right to center-left theologically, who have some degree of political influence in one area or another.

In the World

Obama's deal

Dec 08, 2010 by Steve Thorngate

The big political news this week is yesterday's deal between the White House and Republican leaders: in exchange for extending the Bush tax cuts for two years and relaxing the estate tax, Obama got a 13-month extension of unemployment benefits, a one-year payroll tax decrease and some additional tax c

In the World

Mitsuo Fuchida and the cycle of love

Dec 07, 2010 by Steve Thorngate

Today is the 69th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, which drew the U.S. into World War II. The Japanese attack was led by Mitsuo Fuchida, who later became a Christian and had this to say: