Maggie Haberman is “a resident of Donald Trump’s head,” according to Texas Tribune co-founder Evan Smith. Haberman, a White House reporter for The New York Times, sat down with Smith for an hourlong conversation at the Texas Tribune Festival in…
If you’re laughing off criticism of Trump, you’re the problem
Russell Moore made a great point a couple weeks ago when he called out evangelical Trump supporters for making jokes rather than owning up to the evil Donald Trump is wreaking on the world. His particular point was laughing off…
CBF and Alliance join others in promoting safe and fair elections
Religious groups are pulling out all the stops with training and strategy-sharing events to promote and defend the right to vote in the coming midterm elections. “We’re all looking at how can we be authentic to our faith and still…
Trump is lying — again — about the Kennedy Center
I’ve written multiple times about Donald Trump’s obsession with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and his authoritarian motivations to control the arts and culture institutions in this country. The president’s obsession is now threatening the country’s…
Someday …
Someday, Donald Trump will be a mere memory. Just last week we were reminded, during the 9/11 memorials, that one-third of the nation’s population was not yet born when the planes hit the twin towers. That’s how soon firsthand memory…
Franklin Graham’s daughter nominated as ambassador
Franklin Graham’s daughter, Cissie Graham Lynch, has been nominated by President Donald Trump to serve as United States Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom. The post at the U.S. State Department requires Senate confirmation. The last person nominated by…
In Texas, GOP candidates defend racist and misogynistic comments
The Texas Republican candidate for public office who criticized university students for not being white has doubled down on his comments. On Saturday, Bo French posted a photo of students at last weekend’s University of Texas football game with this comment: “I…
Pardon for sin and a sin that endureth
I just returned from leading a group to visit the Legacy Sites in Montgomery, Ala. Each morning and evening, I offered a meditation to ground us for what we were about to see and process. One of the hymns we…
‘Actual Blasphemy’: Critics Stunned By ‘Repulsive’ Video At Trump Convention
President Donald Trump’s Republican midterm convention in Dallas featured a bizarre video that claimed he was chosen by God for a special purpose.
Robert Jeffress, apostate
Robert Jeffress, senior pastor at First Baptist Church of Dallas, is no stranger to controversy. He has denigrated Christian ethics by openly proclaiming political power as more important than personal character when choosing political candidates. Time and again he’s asked…
In direct appeal to Trump, Catholic bishops’ president urges end of mass deportations of Haitians
Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City, the U.S. Catholic bishops’ conference president, sent a letter on Sept. 8 urging President Donald Trump to cease the deportation of “large numbers” of Haitian immigrants.
Why every Republican in Congress should be voted out
As the Republican Party holds its midterm convention here in Dallas this week, it’s notable how many Republican elected officials suddenly found somewhere else to be. Some of these don’t want to get more of the stink of a failing…