The Tea Party's Religious Inspiration
From banning Sharia law to banning abortion, the religious right is back in force—and right when we're vulnerable to demagoguery… More »
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Monday, February 28, 2011
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Wendy Kaminer is an author, lawyer and civil libertarian. She is the author of I'm Dysfunctional, You're Dysfunctional, and was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1993.
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