by James L. Evans | Feb 1, 2006 | Opinion
“The unholy alliance of the political Right and Religious Right threatens to destroy the America we love. It also threatens to generate a popular revulsion against God and religion by identifying them with militarism, ecological irresponsibility, fundamentalist...
by James L. Evans | Jan 20, 2006 | Opinion
The confirmation of Judge Samuel Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court seems a virtual certainty. Even if Senate Democrats stage a filibuster, which at this point seems unlikely, they cannot ultimately stop the confirmation. Judge Alito for his part has been cautious in...
by James L. Evans | Jan 18, 2006 | Opinion
Nothing has become more tiresome in recent years than the incessant claim by many conservative Christians that they are being persecuted. Every time a church/state issue comes to the fore, a gaggle of Christian activists show up preening in front of television cameras...
by James L. Evans | Jan 11, 2006 | Opinion
In the week before Christmas a federal appeals court delivered the folks of Mercer County, Ky., a dubious present. The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a display of the Ten Commandments featured in the county courthouse since 2001 could remain—it did not...
by James L. Evans | Jan 2, 2006 | Opinion
I have become fairly cynical about New Year’s resolutions—at least as they pertain to me. Too many broken promises, too many false starts. Now instead of resolutions I make a New Year’s wish list. Like, I wish I would exercise more, and so on. As it turns...
