Claire Snyder-Hall: The Approaching Threat of Libertarianism
Watching the Iowa caucuses last night, the rising popularity of libertarianism really struck me. Although Ron Paul came in third place, he had near majority support among Republican voters under 30. If...
View ArticleClaire Snyder-Hall: The Sexist Heterosexism of National Marriage Week
Concerned Women for America is promoting National Marriage Week USA, which runs from February 7-14, appropriately encompassing Valentine’s Day. The event’s professed goals sound laudable: National...
View ArticleClaire Snyder-Hall: A Rant About Santorum — and the State of American Politics
Something is seriously wrong with America, and things are not going to get any better until we can figure out a way to shift to a new way of thinking or being. I started blogging for this site last...
View ArticleClaire Snyder-Hall: Top Ten Things I Just Don’t Get
As Pesach starts this Friday night, many of us will be asking four questions, but I actually have ten questions about contemporary politics. Why isn’t the Religious Left as powerful as the Religious...
View ArticleClaire Snyder-Hall: Thoughts About Losing Hope and Checking Out
I came across something unusual yesterday on one of the Christian Right websites I visit regularly. On the American Family Association (AFA) homepage, there was a link to an article that sounded...
View ArticleClaire Snyder-Hall: “Adult Clubs Prepare for RNC”
As the person who works the Christian Right beat for Tikkun Daily, I am very accustomed to reading about how morally superior the Republican Party is and how much they support “family values.” Thus, it...
View ArticleClaire Snyder-Hall: Good advice on “how to be a true values voter”
It is highly unusual for me to praise a piece written by a leader of the Christian Right, but Jim Daly, president of Focus on the Family, actually had some good advice in his essay, published in this...
View ArticleClaire Snyder-Hall: Let’s Move the Democratic National Convention Out of...
Many of us are very disheartened that the people of North Carolina chose to amend their state constitution to read “that marriage between one man and one woman is the only domestic legal union that...
View ArticleClaire Snyder-Hall: Was Ann Romney’s Speech About “Love” or Hypocrisy?
Watching Ann Romney’s speech to the Republican National Convention was an exercise in cognitive dissonance. First she sounded like she was making an argument for a progressive agenda, and then she...
View ArticleClaire Snyder-Hall: Post-Election Agenda for Progressives: Top Ten List
When I awoke on the morning after the election, I was not completely overjoyed. Instead, I felt battered and exhausted. This was partly because the candidate I supported in a local race lost to a...
View ArticleClaire Snyder-Hall: The Approaching Threat of Libertarianism
Watching the Iowa caucuses last night, the rising popularity of libertarianism really struck me. Although Ron Paul came in third place, he had near majority support among Republican voters under 30. If...
View ArticleClaire Snyder-Hall: The Sexist Heterosexism of National Marriage Week
Concerned Women for America is promoting National Marriage Week USA, which runs from February 7-14, appropriately encompassing Valentine’s Day. The event’s professed goals sound laudable: National...
View ArticleClaire Snyder-Hall: A Rant About Santorum — and the State of American Politics
Something is seriously wrong with America, and things are not going to get any better until we can figure out a way to shift to a new way of thinking or being. I started blogging for this site last...
View ArticleClaire Snyder-Hall: Top Ten Things I Just Don’t Get
As Pesach starts this Friday night, many of us will be asking four questions, but I actually have ten questions about contemporary politics. Why isn’t the Religious Left as powerful as the Religious...
View ArticleClaire Snyder-Hall: Thoughts About Losing Hope and Checking Out
I came across something unusual yesterday on one of the Christian Right websites I visit regularly. On the American Family Association (AFA) homepage, there was a link to an article that sounded...
View ArticleClaire Snyder-Hall: “Adult Clubs Prepare for RNC”
As the person who works the Christian Right beat for Tikkun Daily, I am very accustomed to reading about how morally superior the Republican Party is and how much they support “family values.” Thus, it...
View ArticleClaire Snyder-Hall: Good advice on “how to be a true values voter”
It is highly unusual for me to praise a piece written by a leader of the Christian Right, but Jim Daly, president of Focus on the Family, actually had some good advice in his essay, published in this...
View ArticleClaire Snyder-Hall: Let’s Move the Democratic National Convention Out of...
Many of us are very disheartened that the people of North Carolina chose to amend their state constitution to read “that marriage between one man and one woman is the only domestic legal union that...
View ArticleClaire Snyder-Hall: Was Ann Romney’s Speech About “Love” or Hypocrisy?
Watching Ann Romney’s speech to the Republican National Convention was an exercise in cognitive dissonance. First she sounded like she was making an argument for a progressive agenda, and then she...
View ArticleClaire Snyder-Hall: Post-Election Agenda for Progressives: Top Ten List
When I awoke on the morning after the election, I was not completely overjoyed. Instead, I felt battered and exhausted. This was partly because the candidate I supported in a local race lost to a...
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