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Rev. Jeremiah Wright: Pariah or Prophet?

John W. Whitehead | Posted April 30, 2008 | Politics


John W. Whitehead

The media is once again in a feeding frenzy. Its latest victim is the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, former senior pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, of which presidential contender Barack Obama is a member.

If you buy into what the media is reporting, much of it culled...

Lear on the Heath

Jon Robin Baitz | Posted April 29, 2008 | Politics


Jon Robin Baitz

Monday, the world was treated to the spectacle of a seemingly intelligent man of the cloth, named Jeremiah Wright, intoxicated by the giddy exhilarations of lights, camera and press action -- behave like any two-bit celebrity from reality TV. It was a sort of psychological portrait of a bad father...

WaPo Op-Ed: "Another Angry Black Preacher"

Washington Post   |  E.J. Dionne Jr.   |   March 21, 2008 09:16 AM


Let's ask the hard question about the Rev. Jeremiah Wright: Is he as far outside the African American mainstream as many of us would like to think?... Yes, black people say things about our country and its injustices to each...

Obama's Crisis and MLK's Hard Truths

Scott Kurashige | Posted March 17, 2008 | Politics


Scott Kurashige

Millions of Barack Obama's supporters are asking, "What does he do now?" Everyone following the presidential campaign has heard sound bites of his pastor Jeremiah Wright condemning American racism and imperialism in the harshest tone possible. In response, Obama has once again been forced to distance himself from a close...

From Hussein to Herschel: How Obama Can Court the One-Issue Jews

Shaun Jacob Halper | Posted March 16, 2008 | Politics


Shaun Jacob Halper

The Jewish old ladies in Boca Raton are just one niche community in an uproar over thirty seconds of Jeremiah Wright. The shock-and-awe political chatter at Mahjong tables across South Florida does not augur well for Obama in a re-vote or in the general election: "that Obama is no good...

Obama's Minister Committed "Treason" But When My Father Said the Same Thing He Was a Republican Hero

Frank Schaeffer | Posted March 16, 2008 | Politics


Frank Schaeffer

When Senator Obama's preacher thundered about racism and injustice Obama suffered smear-by-association. But when my late father -- Religious Right leader Francis Schaeffer -- denounced America and even called for the violent overthrow of the US government, he was invited to lunch with presidents Ford, Reagan and Bush, Sr.

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Pastor's Remarks Spark Debate About Obama Campaign

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Thomas B. Edsall   |   March 16, 2008 11:49 AM


The emergence of controversial video-taped sermons by Barack Obama's longtime Chicago pastor, Jeremiah Wright, has produced an explosion of commentary in the conservative blogosphere, posing a strategic dilemma to liberals and Democrats. In the 24 hours after Friday's wall-to-wall airing...

Guess Who's Coming To Dinner

Raymond Leon Roker | Posted March 14, 2008 | Politics


Raymond Leon Roker

I would like all the Huffington Post's black readers (please tell me you're out there, right?) to skip this post — this will seem like boring inside baseball to you. I would also like all open-minded non-blacks to not bother with this rant — as I understand that you feel...

Jeremiah Wright's Influence on My Ministry

Byron Williams | Posted March 14, 2008 | Politics


Byron Williams

Back in September 1988, I was a young man searching for a spiritual direction. The Christianity of my youth did not suffice for the questions that I had.

The milquetoast theological explanations of the church I was forced to attend at gunpoint by my parents caused me to reject...

Jeremiah Wright, Obama's Pastor, Prompts Candidate To Address Comments

Huffington Post   |   March 14, 2008 11:24 AM


The appearance of video by Jeremiah Wright, pastor to Barack Obama, has caused a recent frenzy as both Democratic candidate struggle with the issue of race on the campaign trail. Here's an excerpt of an interview with the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:...

Jeremiah Wright, Obama's Pastor: "Hillary Ain't Never Been Called A N****r"

Huffington Post   |   March 13, 2008 09:46 AM


Video of Rev. Jeremiah Wright, pastor and mentor to Barack Obama, has been posted. The Reverend defends his most famous constituent and attacks Hillary Clinton, saying, "Hillary ain't never been called a n****r." Meanwhile, The Blotter has detailed some highly...

Obama Pastor's Sermons May Violate Tax Laws

Wall Street Journal   |  Suzanne Sataline   |   March 10, 2008 11:04 AM


On Christmas morning, Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr. compared presidential candidate Barack Obama's impoverished childhood to Jesus Christ's. "Barack knows what it means to be a black man living in a country and a culture that is controlled by rich white...

 

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