My prayer
“Barely three months from now, the 2020 election may reveal whether America’s white evangelical “religious right” finally is losing political power…” James A. Haught Published in: Times Union, The Wilson Times, New Canaan Adversitser, The Enterprise, Juan Cole, ArtVoice, LA Progressive, The Westside Gazette, Global Diaspora News, Daylight Atheism, OpEd News, Black Star News, The […]
Conservatives lose – and lose – and lose
“This month’s Supreme Court decree that gays cannot be fired from jobs simply because they’re gay is a solid blow to white evangelicals, the heart of the Republican Party…” James A. Haught Published in: Counterpunch, Juan Cole, Counterpunch Date: June 25,26,2020 594 Words For the full article: FacebookTwitteremailSHARE
GOP Albatross
“Every schoolchild knows that the Ancient Mariner was forced to wear a dead albatross around his neck. I think America’s Republican Party wears a dying albatross: white evangelicals who are both the GOP’s life-support system and also a curse upon Republicans.” James A. Haught Published in: Bainbridge Island Review, Juan Cole, OpEd News, Patheos, Gilmer […]
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, Patheos, McNaughton Media, Arkansas Log Cabin Democrat, North Ogden Utah Sentinel News, Sierra County Prospect Date: 2019, August 5, 9, 11, 13, 14 640 words For the full article: FacebookTwitteremailSHARE
Evangelicals Vote, “Nones” Falter
“In the 2018 election, America’s shrinking segment of white evangelicals mobilized strongly for the Republican Party – but the rising cohort of nonreligious Americans failed to exert their full political power…” James A. Haught Published in: Date: 509 Words For the full article: FacebookTwitteremailSHARE
White evangelicals are fading, powerful, baffling
“Overwhelmingly, 81 percent of white evangelicals voted for Donald Trump — a twice-divorced vulgarian who calls women “pigs” and “slobs,” brags about extramarital affairs…” James A. Haught Published in: Charleston Gazette-Mail, Counterpunch, Gilmer Free Press, Kearney Hub, RICentral, The Sun Chronicle, Savannah Now Morning News, The Frederick News-Post, Times Union, Online Athens, Courier & Press, […]