In linked

A writer objects to the Supreme Court making a wise decision on spurious “brain science” grounds.
•Michael Lewis offers a metaphor for Wall Street greed.
•JFK on the difference between opposing someone’s positions and opposing their religion.
•Bayard Rustin: A black activist who was also anti-war and gay.
•Speaking of homosexuals past, here’s the story of an extortion ring that preyed on closeted gay men throughout the 1960s.
•”That which is inhuman cannot be divine”—Frederick Douglass in a Fourth of July speech on slavery.
•An evangelical argument for government-backed healthcare.
•A review of how Obama’s drone strikes stack up under Christian just war theory. I completely disagree with the writer that questions as to Obama’s authority to order an American citizen executed is a minor point (even assuming he gives it serious thought, claiming that kind of power is a Bad Thing, but it’s thoughtful enough to link to anyway. The ACLU also disagrees.
•Taylor Branch looks at corruption in college sports and the myth the NCAA is dedicated to pure, amateur sportsmanships.
•Instead of treating the Bible as the word of God,one Christian writer argues, treating it as inerrant turns it into an idol.
•A look at the extreme dominionist wing of Christianity.
•Protecting pregnant women from job discrimination should make it easier for some of them to keep their children—but it’s not a priority for most right-to-life groups.
•My column a few years ago on efforts to demonize unions. Of course I had no idea how much worse it would get.
•Criticisms that churches that are too liberal lose members ignores that conservative churches lose members too. Slacktivist has more.
•A few years ago, there was an article citing Sarah Palin as an example of white privilege (“white privilege means you can be a gun enthusiast and not make people immediately scared of you.”). A guest blogger at Echidne points out the underlying sexism in that the comparison point is Palin rather than say, the equally white George W. Bush or Dick Cheney. A related topic from Echidne here.
•When car bombs are used against us, it’s terrorism. When they’re used against someone we oppose?
•Yet another right-winger claims the US is based completely on the Bible. Slavery? Salem Witch Trials? Not really such bad things.
•George W. Bush stays out of sight.