Alternative News and Information. en-us http://www.alternet.org/rss/button.gif http://www.alternet.org/ AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/ Copyright 2012 Independent Media Institute. All rights reserved. http://www.alternet.org/story/153916/right-wing_official_pushes_bible_death_message_at_obama/ A prominent Kansas elected official has made news in recent weeks after an email he passed around seemed to pray for the death of President Obama. Sun, 29 Jan 2012 02:00:01 PST Frederick Clarkson, AlterNet -fe9b98613ccb821874f503957aa8a09a http://www.alternet.org/story/148037/newt_gingrich_teams_with_anti-gay_zealot_lou_%27uganda%27_engle_for_u.s._cyber-%27revival%27/ We have entered the era of cyber-organizing by the religious right, and Newt Gingrich, futurist, is all over it. Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:01 PDT Frederick Clarkson, Talk To Action -b615e08f7de1c81cb486cb2073f2c0d2 http://www.alternet.org/story/114798/merry_war_on_christmas_--_the_religious_right_isn%27t_going_anywhere/ The Christian right has launched a permanent religious war to thwart, and even to roll back, advances in civil rights. Thu, 25 Dec 2008 00:00:01 PST Frederick Clarkson, The Public Eye -fd05852e1f0c147dcf212e91372aee1d http://www.alternet.org/story/13881/doing_the_reich_thing/ The former labor secretary makes a bid for the Massachusetts governor's mansion in the hopes of reviving the progressive wing of the Democratic party. Tue, 20 Aug 2002 00:00:00 PDT Frederick Clarkson, In These Times -114cdac531f509e3ab04a2caade973bb http://www.alternet.org/story/5397/ralph_reed%27s_hour_of_need/ Will Ralph Reed go down in history as the mastermind of a series of federal crimes designed to advance the fortunes of Republican politicians and crony consultants? While ongoing federal investigations and lawsuits signal this possibility, you would never know it from the press coverage Reed received when he stepped down recently as executive director of the Christian Coalition. There is both much more, and much less to the story than meets the eye. Wed, 26 Apr 2000 00:00:00 PDT Frederick Clarkson, deleted -01daa090f0d5693d97c90755a54fa204 http://www.alternet.org/story/5434/revolutionary_cookbooks_and_theocratic_revolution/ Excerpted from "Revolutionary Cookbooks and Theocratic Revolution," by Frederick Clarkson: "While the trial of alleged Oklahoma City bomber Tim McVeigh has focused national attention on the threat of neo-nazi violence in the U.S., there is much more far-right violence in the United States than is generally reported. From bombings to political assassination, these crimes are less often the acts of "lone nuts" and more likely to be the result of cold calculations of people acting on their ideas." Wed, 26 Apr 2000 00:00:00 PDT Frederick Clarkson, deleted -2afc4dfb14e55c6face649a1d0c1025b