August 11 2012
Paul Ryan’s Extreme Abortion Views
Mitt's VP pick is a known fiscal conservative, but his social ideology is at least as radical. Michelle Goldberg on Ryan's insinuations that women who choose abortion could be jailed.
August 10 2012
Christian Right Historian David Barton in Freefall Over ‘Jefferson Lies’
David Barton has been a hero to the right for claiming the founding fathers wanted a Christian nation. But now even his conservative peers are disowning his work.
April 4 2012
Why Conservative GOP Voters Aren’t Giving Up on Rick Santorum
The more the Republican establishment pushes Mitt Romney, the more alienated the religious right becomes. Why the party’s hard-core base isn’t coming around.
March 25 2012
Michelle Goldberg: The Case Against Liberal Despair
In the latest installment of our 'Op-Vid: Campaign 2012' video series, Michelle Goldberg issues a reality check and a history lesson to those liberal activists who now despair electoral politics, Obama and the squalid compromises of governing.
February 6 2012
Lila Rose- The Woman Who Sparked the Planned Parenthood Flap
The Planned Parenthood flap was a triumph for conservative mischief-maker Lila Rose. The woman who lit the fuse.
November 29 2011
Evangelicals Flocking Toward Newt Gingrich
How the religious right is learning to love the adulterous, thrice-married former speaker.
October 20 2011
Cain’s Abortion Blunder
As the GOP front-runner scrambles to recant his seemingly pro-choice rhetoric, Michelle Goldberg asks: Will social conservatives trust him now?
September 23 2011
Rick Perry’s Debate Fumble
The Texas governor is supposed to be a ruthless campaigner, but his performance was inarticulate and amateurish—in contrast to Romney’s smooth string of banalities, says Michelle Goldberg.
August 22 2011
Christian Group’s New Gay War
The conservative Charity Giveback Group secured ads from popular companies like Apple and Wells Fargo—until a grassroots effort slammed its antigay stance. Now the firm is fighting back.
August 22 2011
Christian Group’s New Gay War
The conservative Charity Giveback Group secured ads from popular companies like Apple and Wells Fargo—until a grassroots effort slammed its antigay stance. Now the firm is fighting back.
August 17 2011
A Christian Plot for Domination?
Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry aren't just devout—both have deep ties to a fringe fundamentalist movement known as Dominionism, which says Christians should rule the world.
July 24 2011
Norway Killer’s Hatred of Women
Anders Breivik used anger against women to cast himself as a crusader, believing feminism is destroying the West from the inside and creating space for Islamism, says Michelle Goldberg.
July 11 2011
Marcus Bachmann’s Gay ‘Cure’
A hidden-camera exposé proved that Michele Bachmann’s husband practices a controversial therapy aimed at turning gays straight. Michelle Goldberg on the fallout for 2012.
June 24 2011
The Christian-Right Whistleblower
Former evangelical celebrity Frank Schaeffer says they are anxious, terrified, and obsessed with sex. His new book details his parents’ bedroom exploits—and why most leaders are guilty of hypocrisy.
June 19 2011
Bachmann’s Unrivaled Extremism
Rep. Michele Bachmann's impressive performance at Monday's debate has catapulted her near the front of the GOP pack, but the radical roots of her ideology remain poorly understood. The Daily Beast’s Michelle Goldberg reports.
