The XX Factor : Evangelicals

Send in the Evangelicals

Ellen Tarlin — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:08:00 GMT

Another post from Hanna Rosin , who is having technical difficulties: Think of it this way: This is not a gesture that signifies acceptance or even necessarily a desire for reconciliation. Instead it has a faint air of condescension, even tokenism. It...(read more)

Post-Marital Sex

Ann Hulbert — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:05:00 GMT

Hanna and Melinda , did you read the Times article yesterday about the evangelical approach to marital sex? In mid-November, the Rev. Ed Young, pastor of the Fellowship Church in Grapevine, Texas, was up in the pulpit, urging his flock to fortify their...(read more)

Don't Write Women—or That Woman—Off Yet

Lauren Sandler — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:02:00 GMT

Emily , I'm with you. This campaign was about the right leader at the right time: It's really only been since we went to the polls that breaking the racial barrier has become the euphoric narrative of the election. Exit polls and popular discourse suggested...(read more)

Two Cheers For Dithering

Ann Hulbert — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:33:00 GMT

I feel sort of sorry for the Republicans today as they face the end of their interlude of disarray. And I can't share the editorialists ' dour view of the bruising fight ahead for the Democrats, whose race is still so unsettled. Here's to continued dithering!...(read more)

Change Is Good. Polls Are Caca.

Melinda Henneberger — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:11:00 GMT

Every year for Lent, I give up speaking ill of anyone. It is a long 40 days, and it begins today. (I mention this so that if it seems like I've had my brain removed, no, I haven't, and I will be back to my old critical self before you can say mortification...(read more)

Forget the Evangelicals in '08. What About the Jews?

Torie Bosch — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:14:00 GMT

It seems like much longer than three years ago that Howard Dean was hailed as the great hope for Web political organizing. Now, Ron Paul has replaced him as the no-chance-in-hell candidate to best harness the misdirected money and idealism of the Internet...(read more)