

Nazi Hip-Hop Vs. the Great Lupe Fiasco
I'm bringing back Lupe's nearly forgotten song as a near-perfect takedown of Ye’s then proto but now overt fascism. Appropriately, listening to it takes less than a minute of our time—in just a few seconds mocking, being bored, pitying, and being outraged at the same time!—then directs our attention toward more important things.
May 215 min read


Christian Nationalism: Complexities to Discuss
[Last October, I posted a rush article entitled "Fragments Related to Christian Nationalism" (CN). It included a promise to revise and...
May 1116 min read
The "Demonic Jezebel," Media Spin, and Right-Sizing Fears About Christian Nationalism
Despite "everyone knowing" how Christian Nationalism (CN) is growing by leaps and bounds -- in numbers and raw power -- I myself get...
Oct 19, 20248 min read


Goodbye to Pat Robertson, Hello to the Falwells’ Pool Boy
For the New Year, let’s recall two milestones on the Christian Right from the past year. One of the key architects of that movement, Pat...
Jan 2, 20244 min read


Dog! How F*cked Up Is You?: Trump and His "Stans"
This is to share and make a smallish comment about a jaw-dropping image that I've just seen, fresh in my newsfeed from Nation magazine....
Jan 17, 20213 min read


Hegemonic Half-Truths: Why 9/11 Didn't Really Strengthen the Religious Right in the Long Run
This post is cross-published here on Narrative Paths Journal I fielded a query from a University of Tennessee campus newspaper about...
Sep 14, 20206 min read
Injecting Beach or Ingesting It?—Trump as Prosperity Gospel Quack
Although we've already gone with Alice through the looking glass by pursuing this question [that is, ingest or inject bleach] at all, I will explain why the distinction matters and what it may teach us about Trumpism. And I think I have the answer for you if you read on! You're welcome!
Apr 25, 20204 min read


Coronavirus, the Shock Doctrine, and Four Questions About Where We Go From Here
Without strong Democratic leadership, without mass protest, and with the economy so disrupted that I become confused as to how strikes...
Apr 19, 20205 min read


Hard Truths and the Hope of Passably Fair Elections
I don’t often recirculate comments from others here, but sometimes I make an exception, and I'm doing do so for this interview with Noam...
Apr 12, 20202 min read


Normalizing Domestic Terrorism
I suppose I’m less and less unique all the time, but I have personal friends who have been touched directly by a mass murder, perpetrated...
Aug 4, 20191 min read


Empathy Walls: Understanding Oppressed People Who Love Trump
There isn’t much point in sending readers of this little blog to Reading Religion , the American Academy of Religion’s review portal—I...
Jun 24, 201910 min read