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Henry Grunwald
Stephen Bates is a journalist, author, and academic who has written extensively on media, religion, and politics. He contributed articles to The Weekly Standard spanning from its founding in 1995 through 2016, covering topics including the Christian Coalition, religious culture, and the Clinton impeachment. He is the author of several books and has held positions in academia and journalism.
Henry Grunwald
CHRISTIAN MERCHANDISING TODAY has many mansions. Start with faith-on-your-sleeve fashion, such as the T-shirts promoting J.Christ instead of J. Crew, Fruit of the Spirit instead of Fruit of the Loom, Christ Supreme instead of Krispy Kreme. This "witness wear," a manufacturer's rep explains, evokes…
A Coup Attempt in Washington?
Truth at Any Cost
Stanley E. Flink
In September, President Clinton discovered a rare patch of common ground with the Speaker of the House. All public schools, the president proclaimed, ought to be linked to the Internet by the year 2000. Newt Gingrich has been extolling the educational virtues of the Net for months. Want to learn…
In his 1925 book The Man Nobody Knows, ad man Bruce Barton repositioned that timeworn product, Jesus of Nazareth. Decrying the "sissifted" paintings of a "pale young man with flabby forearms," Barton depicted a Savior who was strapping and suave, a public relations master and a sagacious executive,…