Richard Nixon
Bipartisanship is dead; can it be resurrected?
By Thomas Reese — February 20, 2024
(RNS) — Partisanship is baked into our political system because of gerrymandering, primaries and campaign financing.
How Henry Kissinger enabled the Bangladeshi Hindu genocide and let us forget it
By Murali Balaji — December 8, 2023
(RNS) — The late Henry Kissinger left a legacy of supporting policies that led to disaster for millions — including those who died in the 1971 Bangladeshi genocide.
What is good for the planet is good for national security and economy
By Thomas Reese — April 19, 2022
(RNS) — In the war to save our nation and the planet, we are not fighting back.
Before there was Roe: Religious debate before high court’s historic ruling on abortion
By Adelle M. Banks — December 1, 2021
(RNS) — Reports reveal blunt statements opposing the procedure, broadening definitions of what could be legalized and religious politicians’ reactions to state legislatures’ debates over the controversial procedure.
A look back at the history of US presidential visits to the Vatican
By Claire Giangravé — October 26, 2021
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Historically, the relationship between the Vatican and the Oval Office has often been tense — even occasionally hostile.
Running on ‘Stop the Steal,’ the GOP goes all in on presidential sedevacantism
By Mark Silk — July 28, 2021
(RNS) — It's our version of the traditionalist Catholic delegitimizing of the pope.
The US needs an ambassador to the Holy See
By Thomas Reese — March 24, 2021
(RNS) — Joe Biden will soon be the first Catholic president to nominate an ambassador to the Holy See, something that in earlier days would have been anathema to American Protestants who feared the papacy’s political and religious power.
Trump makes Nixon look good
By Mark Silk — June 2, 2020
(RNS) — A tale of two presidential ventures out of a White House under siege.
The Vietnam War revisited
By Thomas Reese — April 11, 2018
(RNS) — Looking back, I feel guilty for being so stupid and burying myself in books rather than being part of the historic events of my time.
The irony of Trump’s Graham tribute
By Mark Silk — March 1, 2018
(RNS) — It goes back to Graham's treatment of the Rev. Norman Vincent Peale — one of the president's heroes.
Graham biographer: Many ‘little Billy Grahams’ succeed evangelist
By Adelle M. Banks — February 23, 2018
(RNS) — William Martin says there won't be a 'next Billy Graham.'
Praying for some snowboard diplomacy
By Richard Mouw — February 6, 2018
(RNS) — I hope Vice President Pence has some private conversations with the high-level North Korean government officials who are accompanying their athletes.
Frances FitzGerald on how evangelicals lost their way
By David P. Gushee — April 12, 2017
(RNS) When religious folk get entangled with secular politicians in the political arena, the politicians always win.
On the delusion of clergy access to the royal throne
By David P. Gushee — December 20, 2016
The religious leader types who get access to the White House are mainly useful idiots.
Can Jews cut President Obama some slack already? (COMMENTARY)
By Jeffrey Salkin — June 3, 2015
(RNS) President Obama might not be the "member of the tribe" he has proclaimed that he is, but that doesn't mean he's anti-Israel or anti-Semitic. It's time for Jews to lay off the vitriol.
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