29 Feb, 2020
Problems with Bible classes
“Here in Appalachia’s Bible Belt, conservatives in the Legislature want to force all West Virginia public high schools to teach...
12 Feb, 2020
Megachurch Mess
“Billionaire media mogul Oprah Winfrey helped create a four-season television series – “Greenleaf” – about a black megachurch where worshipers...
14 Jan, 2020
Baby Dinosaurs on Noah’s Ark
“In violation of the separation of church and state, American tax dollars are funneled to fundamentalist private schools teaching crackpot...
6 Jan, 2020
GOP Albatross
“Every schoolchild knows that the Ancient Mariner was forced to wear a dead albatross around his neck. I think America’s...
20 Dec, 2019
Trump as Jim Jones?
“Cults usually are one-man religions. A magnetic, dictatorial, dogmatic, demagogue draws throngs of followers and leads them into lala-land, sometimes...
8 Sep, 2019
Prodding ‘nones’ to vote
“Progressives hope for an America where health care is a human right for everyone — and women’s right to choose...
28 Aug, 2019
Humanism – helping people
“Long ago, when I was a congressional press secretary, Jennings Randolph was a wise senator …” Author: James A. Haught...
9 Aug, 2019
The biggest news of the 21st century
“What’s the most significant occurrence so far in the 21st century?…” Author: James A. Haught Published in: Davis Enterprise, Counterpunch,...
24 Jul, 2019
Feeding 7.7 billion
“When I was born in 1932, the world had 2 billion people. Today, the global population has swelled to 7.7...
6 Feb, 2019
The ultimate human idiocy
“What’s the ultimate form of human idiocy? I nominate religious suicide bombings, in which fanatics kill themselves to murder “infidels”...
10 Jan, 2019
Best and Worst
“The immortal novel, A Tale of Two Cities, begins: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of...
14 Dec, 2018
Evangelicals Vote, “Nones” Falter
“In the 2018 election, America’s shrinking segment of white evangelicals mobilized strongly for the Republican Party – but the rising...
6 Jun, 2017
Will “nones” make America more liberal?
“The steady retreat of religion in America may shift politics to the left…” James A. Haught Published in: Sierra County...
22 Apr, 2017
Mobilizing progressive resistance
“The progressive vision for America — to make life better for all families, not just the privileged elite at the...
12 Apr, 2017
Murdering martyrs: This too shall pass
“On Palm Sunday, suicide bombers detonated themselves at two Coptic Christian churches in Egypt, killing 44 and wounding 126…” James...