The same religious mindset that sought to outlaw alcohol in hopes of making our country better created the gangsters who provided the alcohol the nation wanted. That same religious mindset that ...

Puritans, the religious fanatics of the 17th century Massachusetts Bay Colony, were part of a political movement that flopped. Centuries later, the Trump administration is institutionalizing ...

The Supreme Court, the GOP, and religious anti-abortion fanatics have made the country more dangerous and more deadly for ...

Religious Fanaticism and Intractable Wars A friend of mine floats the idea, from time to time, that the Palestine/Israel conflict seems intractable because religious fanatics on both sides ...

One of the saddest episodes of religious fanaticism intersecting with politics was reported in Pennsylvania recently where a family of three died in an apparent suicide pact. Morgan Daub, 26, and ...

Animosity by religious fanatics continues to inspire hate crimes in India and Pakistan. Accessibility statement Skip to main content. Democracy Dies in Darkness. Subscribe Sign in.

It is commonly claimed that restrictions on abortion illegitimately impose some people’s religious beliefs on the rest of us. This is the wrong way to defend abortion rights. It implies that ...

Religious fanaticism in Nigeria has been a significant barrier to national progress since independence. Various radical Islamic groups, most notably Boko Haram, emerged in the North to challenge ...

Religious fanaticism in Nigeria has been a significant barrier to national progress since independence. Various radical Islamic groups, most notably Boko Haram, ...