The inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama is nearing and controversy has already begun to erupt about the historic event. Obama has asked the Rev. Rick Warren, senior pastor of Saddleback Church and the best-selling author of the "Purpose Driven Life," to provide the opening prayer of the inaugural ceremony. That this popular and well-respected Christian leader would be tapped for the invocation has upset many on the far left and in the gay community. ...more

January 3, 2009

Mike Huckabee's politics of piety appears to be winning the hearts of Iowa Republicans. He has acquired a new first name from the nation's headline writers, who call him Surging Huckabee. ...more

December 23, 2007

Mike Huckabee's politics of piety appears to be winning the hearts of Iowa Republicans. He has acquired a new first name from the nation's headline writers, who call him Surging Huckabee. ...more

December 22, 2007