Michael Hakeem, professor of sociology emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, served on the governing board of the Foundation’s Executive Council and was its chairperson for many years. He was …
Day: March 1, 2005
Faith-based Inroads on Secularism
Faith-based Education Secretary? At the swearing-in of Education Secretary Margaret Spellings in the first week of February, White House faith czar” Jim Towey led a prayer. The audience of 300 …
Recall of Non-pledger Canceled in Colorado
A recall of David Habecker, a town trustee in Estes Park, Col., because he refused to recite the religious Pledge of Allegiance, was postponed indefinitely by a federal judge on …
“Faith-based” Funding Deluge Continues
Having established faith-based offices at the Cabinet level and other federal levels of government, President Bush in January publicly urged states to funnel even more federal money to faith-based” organizations. …
Tsunami of Proselytizing
Opportunistic evangelizing by Christians in parts of Asia devastated by the Dec. 26 tsunami–which killed more than 150,000 people and threatens to take many more lives in epidemics, homelessness and …
For Anne Gaylor: Modern Major Activist
She is the very model of a Modern Major Activist.She studies every issue and she gathers every fact of it.She has a thorough expertise in all things institutional.She even knows …
(Bad) Signs of the Times
The Moonie-owned Washington Times (Jan. 18, 2005) reports rumors that Ralph Reed’s plan to run for the Georgia lieutenant governorship signals what friends say is the former Christian Coalition executive …
In Their Own Words
[I can’t see] how you can be president, at least from my perspective . . . without a relationship with the Lord.Believing in God gives you the confidence to make …
La Crosse Remedy “Borders on a Fraud”
This is the dissent in Sue Mercier et al, v. Fraternal Order of Eagles & City of La Crosse, decided on Jan. 3, 2005, by the U.S. Court of Appeals …
