Author: Frederick Clarkson

Americans have long been in denial that there is a movement in the U.S. that seeks to impose a Christian theocratic government; that there is a movement that is effectively using the tools of constitutional democracy, (also...

The national media seems to be ignoring the outcry by civil liberties groups and Democrats about Christian Right author David Barton’s religious history of the U.S. tour sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist. They...

David Barton is perhaps the leading proponent of the notion that the U.S. was once, and should again be a “Christian Nation.”  He wants to sell you on that idea. He has books and tapes to sell too. The problem...

The events of the past few weeks, from the Terri Schiavo drama, to the attack on the state and federal courts by Christian Rightists in Congress, underscores the power and signficance of the Christian Right in American politics....

There has been a conference going on at Harvard Law School this week about Rebuilding the Democratic Party and the Left. Certainly a fine theme for a conference, and I am sorry I was not able to attend. But fortunately fellow...