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Mark Tooley

Mark Tooley is president of the Institute on Religion and Democracy in Washington, D.C. and author of Methodism and Politics in the Twentieth CenturyYou can follow him on Twitter @markdtooley.
by | Feb 4, 2011

Jim Wallis’ Evangelical Left Sojourners has helpfully reminded us, amid all the hagiography about Ronald Reagan on the centennial of…

by | Jan 25, 2011

Just in time for the 38th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Washington-based Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice (RCRC) pledged…

by | Jan 20, 2011

During the 2009-2010 debates over Obamacare, the old-time Religious Left was an enthusiastic cheerleader, preferring the public option, but settling…

by | Jan 14, 2011

It’s a wonderful mercy that much of the more extreme elements of radical feminist theology in the churches peaked in…

by | Jan 7, 2011

A prominent Tea Party activist recently called for shutting down the 7.8 million United Methodist Church, exciting the Huffington Post…

by | Dec 23, 2010

Christmas of course is preeminently about remembering Christ’s birth. Some sourpusses like to grouch, understandably, about the holiday’s commercialization. But…

by | Dec 13, 2010

Must all Christians be pacifists?  Nearly all churches, excepting Anabaptists and Quakers, have traditionally taught that Christians may serve in…

by | Dec 1, 2010

Popular historian David McCullough has penned a delightful new, little holiday season book about Winston Churchill’s surprise Christmas 1941 visit…

by | Nov 24, 2010

The left-of-center Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) and Brookings Institution have released a post-election survey showing nearly 60 percent of…

by | Nov 19, 2010

Former President George W. Bush has famously declared in his new memoir any lack of regret for waterboarding three al…

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