Monthly Archives: July 2016

Back in the ol’ hometown, ctd

Grandma, 71, Mauled To Death By Pit Bull in Her Southwest Detroit Home https://t.co/n6y9U4ZMAK — Deadline Detroit (@DeadlineDetroit) July 17, 2016

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GOP platform promises to undo Johnson Amendment

When a Texas church nearly derailed Lyndon Johnson’s political ambitions in 1952, he returned the favor 2-years later by ramrodding through Congress an amendment to the tax code which prohibits non-profits from intervening in an election — basically, endorsing or … Continue reading

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The Case for Taxing Churches

The Introduction and Table of Contents for my just published anthology taking-up the tax-free status of churches, now available on Kindle. Continue reading

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More bad news for the south

As I’ve said many times in the past, social and family pathologies are invariably most acute when the churches are strongest. Now, the index is poverty. The Great Recession and Not-So-Great Recovery have been bad news for most Americans, but … Continue reading

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‘Nones’ overtake Catholics

The ‘nones’ — those without any religious affiliation, though not necessarily atheist or agnostic — have overtaken Catholics as America’s largest religious identification. More American voters than ever say they are not religious, making the religiously unaffiliated the nation’s biggest … Continue reading

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