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Mark Massa’s Catholic Fundamentalism in America: Three Reviews

by Sean Swain Martin, Andrew McNeely, and Laura M. Tringali Book Cover for Mark S. Massa, S.J.’s Catholic Fundamentalism in America. Image via Amazon.  Editor’s Note: The phenomenon of Catholic fundamentalism is finally starting to receive the scholarly...

What is it about ‘the Jews,’ American Protestants, and Israel/Palestine?

by Jim Sleeper Jim Sleeper, a writer and teacher on American civic culture and politics, was a lecturer in political science at Yale from 1999-2020. His reportage and commentary have appeared in most major American newspapers and magazines. In the 1990s he appeared...

How the Scopes Trial was Almost Scooped

by Glenn Branch Glenn Branch is deputy director of the National Center for Science Education, a nonprofit organization that defends the integrity of American science education against ideological interference. He is the author of numerous articles on evolution...

Built to fail: Gaza’s new U.S.-based aid system, and its Trump-supporting Christian Zionist director

by Paul Braterman Paul Braterman is Professor Emeritus in Chemistry, University of North Texas, and Honorary Research Fellow (formerly Reader) at the University of Glasgow. His research has involved topics related to the early Earth and the origins of life, and...