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The Decline and Fall of Jerry Falwell

Is the Evangelical comfort with crassness finally cracking?

Our Best Stuff From the Week We Finally Got to August

What passes for a 'slow' news week in these very interesting times.

Binaries for Me, Spectrums for Thee

There are some inherent contradictions between our gender politics and our racial politics.

An ISIS Jailbreak in Afghanistan

Is the Taliban secretly helping its jihadist rivals?

The Kitchen Sync

August 7, 2020

The Morning Dispatch: Will the Pandemic Change Hollywood Forever?

Plus, what a new study reveals about coronavirus mutations.

We Have Met the Enemies of Free Speech, and They Are Us

How to fight for freedom by becoming the ‘first follower.’

The Morning Dispatch: Previewing Biden’s VP Pick

Harris or Duckworth? Demings or Bass? The choice could come this week.

The Sweep: How Trump Can Win

Plus an update on the Senate map and voter scores explained.

Our Best Stuff About the Campaign, the State of the GOP, and More

Two Republican PACs take different approaches to defeating Donald Trump.

Remembering John Lewis, and the Political Theology that Changed a Nation

In the face of lesser challenges, we demonstrate less virtue.

Burn, Baby, Burn

Thoughts on the NeverTrump divide.