There have been many, (many!) Barack Obama t-shirts that appeared over the long months of the presidential election, but my favorite was the multi-colored portrait of the candidate boldly underlined with the word “Progress.”  Progress was promised in the policies of the campaign, but also embodied in the man himself.  On Monday we will celebrate…

Dear Rick: A Lesson on Race It took several days for me to decide whether to post the email below. It arrived Sunday night in my mailbox. I read it and became immediately suspicious. “You kidding, right?”  It’s obvious that Warren hasn’t read what I’ve written here and elsewhere about him. Either that, or the…

Another prayer controversy – and it doesn’t involve either Warren or Robinson.  Should Obama say the words “So help me God” as he is sworn in on Tuesday? Obama wants to, a group of atheists doesn’t.  The atheist group is suing to stop it, but they also sued George W. Bush, so it is equal…

A few days ago, the Obama team announced that Bishop Gene Robinson, the Episcopal bishop who is an openly partnered gay man, will pray at Sunday’s Inauguration rock concert on the National Mall.    On the Rachel Maddow Show, Bishop Robinson shared that initially he had been disappointed–if not angry–that Obama had chosen conservative mega-church…

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