Jerry Falwell

Remembering My Battle Against Fundamentalists

Jim Luce | Posted 07.06.2009 | New York


Jim Luce

Our biggest accomplishment was standing up for those torn down by the TV evangelists.

Liberty University: Student Democrats Can Stay On Campus, Unofficially

AP | ZINIE CHEN SAMPSON | Posted 06.24.2009 | Politics


RICHMOND, Va. — The student Democratic club at conservative Liberty University can continue as a campus group _ unofficially. Chancellor Jerry ...

Barack Obama and Islam

John L. Esposito | Posted 06.09.2009 | Politics


John L. Esposito

Muslims' major grievance against the West is what they identify as the denigration of Islam and Muslims and how they are seen by the West as inferior and not of equal value.

Falwell's Legacy Haunts Liberty University

Mike Papantonio | Posted 06.01.2009 | Politics


Mike Papantonio

You have to wonder why a group of teenage Democrats have been told that their kind are not welcome at Liberty, a campus that was built in part from the money of Sun Myung Moon.

Liberty University Revokes College Democrats Chapter for Being UnChristian

Katie Naranjo | Posted 05.28.2009 | Politics


Katie Naranjo

After much national outrage at Liberty's actions, they are the ones now demanding that students apologize to them.

Liberty University Democrats: Why They Were Silenced, And What It Means

Kevin Roose | Posted 05.25.2009 | Politics


Kevin Roose

What Liberty's administration needs isn't just a lesson in tolerance - it's a long, honest look in the mirror.

Explaining The Nation's Non-Reaction To Gay Marriage

Dan Pashman | Posted 05.21.2009 | Politics


Dan Pashman

As people start to see that New England hasn't turned into Sodom and Gomorrah, they're becoming more comfortable with the notion of same-sex marriage.

Surprises from Liberty University: What I Learned as an Undercover Evangelical

Kevin Roose | Posted 05.05.2009 | Politics


Kevin Roose

When I stepped on to the campus of Rev. Jerry Falwell's Liberty University for my first day as a new transfer student, I thought I knew what I was getting myself into.

Kevin Roose Infiltrates Liberty University To Write Book

AP | ERIC TUCKER | Posted 04.22.2009 | Politics


PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Kevin Roose managed to blend in during his single semester at Liberty University, attending lectures on the myth of evolution...

Washington Post Validates Played-Out Sophistry

Stuart Whatley | Posted 03.11.2009 | Politics


Stuart Whatley

The Washington Post chose to run a suspiciously laudatory front-page story today on creationist field trips to the Smithsonian Natural History Museum.

One Nation Under Democracy

Michael DeJong | Posted 02.17.2009 | Politics


Michael DeJong

One might have thought that Obama would slant more towards the Constitutional First Amendment of Separation of Church and State, and forgo the tradition of "Prayer Breakfasts."

Celebrating Valentine's Day at Jerry Falwell's College

Kevin Roose | Posted 02.14.2009 | Living


Kevin Roose

Instead of celebrating Valentine's Day, my classmates at Liberty University celebrate the National Day of Purity, a conservative Christian holiday designed to promote abstinence before marriage.

Obama's Rick Warren Pick Makes Perfectly Good Sense

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics


Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The 60 to 80 million Christian evangelicals are still too big, too important, and too politically strategic to ignore. Obama knows that and that's a big reason why Warren will pray at his inauguration.

Did God Do It? Blaming The Crisis On The Divine

Danny Schechter | Posted 12.07.2008 | Business


Danny Schechter

Donal Trump Blames Crisis on Divine Intervention: As the Job Losses Mount, the Government's Bailout Flouders/Fails It has taken a while for the stars...

The Evangelicals' Last Push

Christine Wicker | Posted 11.03.2008 | Home


Christine Wicker

Reporters will dutifully report whatever spin the evangelical mullahs dictate. But an Obama win will break their winning streak.

May 13, 2006 -- The Day that John McCain Lost the Election

Hilary Rosen | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics


Hilary Rosen

It was the day McCain spoke at Liberty University. In my view, that day began the destruction of one of the best brands in American politics.

Halloween "Hell Houses" Act Out Depraved Christian Wet Dreams

Theresa Darklady Reed | Posted 10.31.2008 | Entertainment


Theresa Darklady Reed

Never one to let others appear more self-righteous than themselves, the fictional followers of Landover Baptist church have developed their own satirical, if non-existent, Hell House.

Palin's All Dressed Up and Plotting

Wayne Besen | Posted 10.28.2008 | Politics


Wayne Besen

Like vultures circling the walking dead, social conservatives, these rapacious and repugnant culture warriors, are already poised to foist blame on McCain -- if he loses -- for not being conservative enough.

Culture of Lies

Scott Swenson | Posted 10.28.2008 | Politics


Scott Swenson

Will any brave and clear-sighted Republicans realize that rather than throwing McCain a lifeline in this election, far-right extremism has further isolated McCain, and the party, from mainstream Americans?

Jerry Falwell Jr. Trying To Get His Students To Vote

Washington Post | Posted 09.15.2008 | Politics


Jerry Falwell Jr., chancellor of socially conservative Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., is launching an ambitious drive to get the school's 10,5...

Excuse Me, Pat Robertson, But Why Is God Sending Another Hurricane Towards New Orleans For The Start Of The GOP Convention?

Mark Nickolas | Posted 08.27.2008 | Politics


Mark Nickolas

So, I ask these same charlatans, why is God contemplating such a thing?

Why Does the Media and the American Public Allow McCain to Ignore the Facts with No Consequences?

Mitchell Bard | Posted 08.19.2008 | Politics


Mitchell Bard

If Britney or Paris were to claim they were virgins, the media and public would go into apoplexy, but McCain can be equally dishonest about important policy issues, and virtually nobody says a word.

Obama's Evangelical Court -- But Will it Work?

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 08.16.2008 | Politics


Earl Ofari Hutchinson

There are a few vague signs that while there's no seismic shift, there's at least a slight chink in the GOP's iron lock on the evangelical vote.

John McCain: The Devil You Don't Know

Paul Jenkins | Posted 06.09.2008 | Politics


Paul Jenkins

McCain's political positions are what remain utterly confusing -- it's hard to think of another veteran politician whose political philosophy is as murky as his.

McCain's Dilemma: Who's Next After Hagee & Parsley?

Chris McGowan | Posted 05.27.2008 | Politics


Chris McGowan

John McCain is damned if he does and damned if he doesn't accept endorsements from popular leaders of the Christian Right, many of whom have taken con...