US as Christian nation? • GOP opposition to DC • why the right hates vaccines • intellectual conservatism for make-believe Republicans • Ray Suarez: America's baked demographic cake
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April 30, 2021
The United States was not founded as a Christian nation, but it acted like one for much of its history
By Mia Brett
It’s tempting to push back against regressive morality laws by declaring America was founded as a secular country, writes Editorial Board member and legal historian Dr. Mia Brett. But that would ignore a long history of the privileging of Christianity.
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April 29, 2021
Glenn Grothman is very bad, or very good, at explaining why the GOP opposes DC statehood
By Rev. Daniel Schultz
If you split Los Angeles County into states equal in population to Wyoming, you’d bring 17 states into the union and 34 Senators into Congress, most of which would be Democrats, writes Editorial Board member Rev. Daniel Schultz.
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April 29, 2021
Vaccines are the welfare state's crowning achievement. Naturally, the right hates them
By Lindsay Beyerstein
We’re not just dealing with garden-variety vaccine hesitancy anymore, writes Editorial Board member Lindsay Beyerstein. We’re up against a cynical campaign to turn vaccination into a referendum on science, the welfare state and social solidarity.
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April 28, 2021
Intellectual conservatives seem to be redefining conservatism for make-believe Republicans
By Christopher Jon Sprigman
We may see these intellectuals pushed aside by new entrants who attempt to prettify white racial authoritarianism, writes Editorial Board member Christopher Jon Sprigman. Those ideas would be terrible. But at least they’d be relevant.
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April 26, 2021
America’s demographic cake is baked
By Ray Suarez
Lurking between the lines of the America First caucus’ white-centered nostalgia is a pernicious gesture of historical erasure, writes Editorial Board member Ray Suarez.
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