Adherents of the new religious right reject the separation of politics and religion, but they bring no spiritual insights to politics.

The proper reply to right wing religiosity is not to insist that politics and religion don't mix. This is the stock response of the left.

Ostensibly rigorous and realistic, contemporary conservatism is an ideology of denial. Its symbol is a smile button.

Drugs are merely the most obvious form of addiction in our society. Drug addiction is one of the things that undermines traditional values.

The question of the family now divides our society so deeply that the opposing sides cannot even agree on a definition of the institution they are arguing about.