Jerry Falwell

President Barack Obama in April, 2008 Obama gets the Clinton treatment

Anybody shocked by nasty GOP attacks on Obama must have forgotten what happened to the last Democratic president
By Gene Lyons Sep 17, 2009

  • How John McCain ran against himself

    The maverick of days past might be deadlocked with Obama now if he hadn't let the Republican right hijack the Straight Talk Express.
    By Walter Shapiro October 29, 2008

  • The collapse of Karl Rove

    The Pygmalion strategist from Texas built up the Republican Party by exploiting the religious right -- and now his handiwork is crumbling.
    By Lou Dubose August 14, 2007

  • "It is impossible to miss the discrimination against ... believers"

    Days after the death of the Rev. Jerry Falwell, Newt Gingrich delivered a commencement address at Falwell's Liberty University. Read it here.
    May 21, 2007

  • The stone is cast

    Jerry Falwell spent a career demonizing others. Upon his death, what else could he expect in return?
    By Alan Wolfe May 15, 2007

  • Which side am I on?

    As John McCain eyes the White House in '08, he is at war with himself over Bush's escalation in Iraq.
    By Mark Benjamin February 20, 2007

  • The fighting side of McCain

    Hitching his political wagon to Bush has hurt the senator's chances to become president. But as his political colleagues can attest, it's the Republican front-runner's volatile temper that may derail his Straight Talk Express for good.
    By Sidney Blumenthal January 18, 2007

  • Maverick -- or panderer?

    Will John McCain abandon his principled opposition to a federal ban on gay marriage to suck up to the religious right?
    By Joe Conason May 12, 2006

  • McCain's embrace, Halliburton's profits and Tom DeLay's gun

    News that doesn't involve shuffling Card.
    By Tim Grieve March 28, 2006

  • In Bush we trust

    By pandering to Christian zealots, Bush has come close to establishing a national religious party. But reality is crashing in.
    By Sidney Blumenthal March 23, 2006

  • We shall overcome ... liberals

    At a black church in Philadelphia, Martin Luther King Jr.'s niece joined Jerry Falwell and Rick Santorum to denounce critics of Samuel Alito.
    By Michelle Goldberg January 9, 2006

  • Let us prey

    Jack Abramoff and his deeply religious right-wing cronies express their "biblical worldview" by swindling Indian tribes and bribing legislators. Verily, mysterious are the ways of the Lord.
    By Joe Conason January 6, 2006

  • Tell us again how Cindy Sheehan is disrespecting the troops

    In protests at two soldiers' funerals, members of a Kansas church say God is punishing U.S. troops because their country tolerates homosexuality.
    By T.G. August 29, 2005

  • Getting religion

    Democratic guru Jim Wallis's strategy to woo "values voters" compromises on abortion in unacceptable ways.
    By Frances Kissling August 12, 2005

  • A spiritual three-ring circus

    Billy Graham's last crusade, at Shea Stadium, was a lot tamer than the fire-breathing revivals of my youth -- but the crowd was a lot more interesting.
    By Elizabeth Spiers June 27, 2005

  • Right Hook

    Invoking bin Laden, Nazism and beheading by chainsaw, right-wingers pulled out all the stops to make their case for "saving" Terri Schiavo.
    By Mark Follman March 30, 2005

  • Tammy Faye says I'm going to hell

    The famous ex-preacher's wife talks about her new self-help book, kicking Ativan, forgiving Jerry Falwell, and why she's a gay icon.
    By Amy Reiter September 25, 2003

  • Onward Christian soldiers

    Conservative fundamentalists with close ties to President Bush are planning a new missionary push in Iraq -- and they might already be converting U.S. troops to their cause.
    By Max Blumenthal April 15, 2003

  • Home Front: Life during wartime

    High times at the surplus store, bunkers for sale, and behind the scenes at a media whorehouse.
    By Sheerly Avni March 31, 2003

  • Onward, Christian soldiers

    With its allies now controlling Congress and the White House, the religious right launches a crusade to cleanse America of sin. The first battlefield: Women's bodies.
    By Louise Witt January 3, 2003

  • Stop the holy showboating

    Listen up, jocks: God doesn't care if you score a touchdown. So do your praying in private, not in the end zone.
    By Dan McGraw September 28, 2002

  • Falwell should have listened to the feminists

    Instead of blaming them for the attacks on the U.S., right-wingers ought to thank women's groups for raising alarms about the Taliban early and often.
    By Robert Scheer September 26, 2001

  • Last words and last suppers

    An odd rumination on the final remarks of the world's luminaries, coupled with a spirited defense of the much-maligned sandwich invented by Elvis' recently deceased cook.
    By Steve Burgess June 19, 2000

  • Taking on the untouchables

    John McCain's decision to attack the leaders of the religious right is refreshing because Republican leaders have too long been cowed into submission by these bigots.
    By Joe Conason February 29, 2000

  • Oo! Wah dat?

    Naked Philippine actress: "I was the fifth Teletubby"; Dean Cain's steely resolve; Posh Spice on spin/bladder control; and Monica opens her big mouth again!
    By Amy Reiter January 31, 2000
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