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The right's most troubling victory may be its brilliant subversion of the language of political debate

"...The most confounding triumph of the right in the most recent election was its complex subversion..."

Nov. 26, 2004 Column by Louis Black

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The anti-safe-and-legal abortion movement is about control, not life

"...sex education, limit sexual equality, and restrict personal and religious freedoms. They want their religious beliefs to be the..."

Jan. 30, 2004 Column by Louis Black

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"...of science in the interest of promoting a fundamentalist religious agenda under the guise of education ["Ignorant Design at..."

July 25, 2003 Column

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A tainted prayer for the new year

"...may run the post office, but evidently the hard right has taken over the heavenly appointment office. Not only..."

Dec. 31, 2004 Column by Louis Black

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A few modest school-finance proposals

"...the obvious. Sure, I believe in God, and the religious values by which I was raised – and, I..."

April 23, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Hold the Phone

The Jerky Boys Ain't Got Nothin' on Russell Miles

"...horse. He phones unsuspecting radio hosts, usually of the right-wing, Christian variety, and leads them on. His pseudo-Christian ramblings,..."

Feb. 7, 1997 News Column by Lee Nichols

God Loves Uganda

Uganda's harsh, new anti-homosexuality law owes much to the Christian evangelical movement, argues this documentary.

"...created by Amin’s departure. In addition to spreading Christian religious beliefs, modern-day missionaries have also spread fundamentalist socio-political beliefs,..."

Feb. 28, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Grand Old Mess

Can Travis County Republicans Ever Get It Together?

"...of communication is at the top of the list, right up there with failure to unify the Grand Old..."

Feb. 25, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

Letters at 3AM

Statistics on American education tell a dreadful story, the story of an advanced technological society slipping back to a state of ignorance and superstition

"...people read them." Which means that our Bill of Rights often is taught poorly or not at all –..."

Feb. 18, 2005 Column by Michael Ventura

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Welcome to the "Best of Austin," in what in some ways feels like the worst of times.

"...any attention to the meaning, not even the more religious students. The recitations were as mindless as a lot..."

Sept. 26, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Keeping the Faith

"...by Stuart Blumberg) makes light of everything but the religious difficulties encountered by these two unlikely friends. You get..."

April 14, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SBOE: Out With the Old, In With the Old

At least the new State Board of Education chair doesn't appear worse than her predecessor

"...activist nonprofit dedicated to advancing a "mainstream agenda of religious freedom and individual liberties to counter the religious right"..."

July 17, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Not So Red

A "blue state" reporter journeys through the multi-colored regions of the Lone Star State

"...ballot. I was uncertain. I was on the fence right up to the time I voted and when I..."

July 1, 2005 News Feature by Rose Aguilar

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"...were threatened with their jobs. Anyone will do the right thing with a gun to their head. What the..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Column

The Prince of Egypt

"...we'd all be tap, tap, tapping at heaven's door right now). The astonishing realism of The Prince of Egypt's..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

TFN Report: Texas Scientists Support Evolution

Scientists overwhelmingly reject "creation science" and "intelligent design"

"...expected to flare up again this spring, when the right-tilted State Board of Education votes to adopt new curriculum..."

Nov. 21, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Exhibitionism

Norm L.:zero Tolerance

"...box over his head, and begin a sexual and religious indoctrination designed to cure him of the "disease" of..."

Nov. 6, 1998 Arts Review

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The debate over the smoking ban is about rights, and saying it isn't is just silly

"...explain how, given this frame, you are not only right – and obviously so – but, in addition, anyone..."

April 22, 2005 Column by Louis Black

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"...readers know that Red River is far from dying right now...."

Nov. 12, 2004 Column

“Sincere” Bigotry at the Senate

Religious-refusal bill moves to the House

"...Senate Bill 17, the sweeping "religious refusal" bill by Sen. Charles Perry, R-Lubbock, won approval..."

April 5, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Texas Book Festival 2017: After the Uprising: The Shi'a Sunni Divide

Geneive Abdo gets below the surface of Middle East conflicts

"...depth the reality and modern-day impacts of the ancient religious rift between the Shi’a and Sunni sects of Islam...."

Nov. 5, 2017 Arts Post by Elizabeth Banicki

The Revisionaries

When it comes to choosing public-school textbooks, what happens in Texas is of national concern – and this documentary captures these culture wars in full bloom.

"...“intelligent design,” but that was chucked as too overtly religious, and the war then degraded into a battleground of..."

Oct. 26, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Threat From Within

"...an accelerated rate just as it identifies another fundamentalist religious culture as its primary threat. When populist religious interpretation..."

Feb. 23, 2005 Postmarks

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Acting as if God partakes in partisan or national politics is a display of blasphemy, not faith

"...an eagle that might have been a vulture. Then, right into the climax: "Then my father built an altar/he..."

Dec. 24, 2004 Column by Louis Black

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"...Ventura for attempting to shine some sanity on the religious education nightmare created by Mel Gibson ["Letters @ 3am,"..."

March 19, 2004 Column

Thou Shalt Not Sue?

Van Orden's suit against the Ten Commandments is no slam-dunk.

"...as the American Civil Liberties Union and a loose Religious Right movement, led by people such as Jerry Falwell,..."

Dec. 6, 2002 News Feature by Dave Mann

Sleeping With Extra-Terrestrials: The Rise of Irrationalism and Perils of Piety

"...of Irrationalism and Perils of Piety attacks both the right and the left for their forays into agit-prop sectarian..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Books Review by Ric Williams

On The Lege

Religious Rights

"...of Representatives as they prepare to consider the Texas Religious Freedom Restoration Act (TRFRA), passed by the Senate back..."

May 7, 1999 News Column

On the Lege

Free to Be

"...with bills to decrease -- not augment -- the rights of lesbians and gays. The bills' sponsor, Dallas Democrat..."

April 2, 1999 News Column

Public Notice: Ho, Ho, Ho ... ld on a Second

City Council still one meeting short of a "Happy New Year"

"...to their mission statement, "advances a mainstream agenda of religious freedom and individual liberties to counter the religious right."..."

Dec. 18, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

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