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From the birth of the republic, America’s secular culture has been strongly influenced by the dominant strains of protestant Christianity. By the end of this year, however, mainline Protestants may become a minority. Historian Kevin Phillips says it’s all in who you count and how you count them. Also, the debate on overhauling intelligence agencies, New Jersey’s political future, and lonely New York Republicans.
Intelligentsia
Tim Burger, Washington Correspondent for Time Magazine, looks into the development of the National Intelligence Director post
» Time Magazine
» Time Magazine
From Cotton Mather to Dubya
Kevin Phillips, historian and author of American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush (Viking, 2004), on the transformation and decline of protestantism in American life
Golan Heights
David Rebovich Associate Professor of Political Science & Managing Director, The Rider Institute for New Jersey Politics, on the extraordinary powers of the New Jersey state Government, highlighted by the McGreevey scandal
» The Rider Institutie for New Jersey Politics
» The Rider Institutie for New Jersey Politics
The Elephant in the Concrete Jungle
Greg DavidEditor of Crain’s New York Business on New York City Republicans
» Crains New York Business
» Crains New York Business
A Touch of Class
Inspired by a positive review in the New York Times, one of us just caught the new reality show on Fox, “Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy” and can’t stop going on about it. In the episode rebroadcast last night, the two mothers live in such disparate worlds: ...
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