The RP's Weekly Web Gems: The Politics of Faith

The Politics of Faith

Paul Ryan, Congressman from Wisconsin, draws criticism from a broad coalition of religious voices for his praise of Ayn Rand, the philosopher who once said she "promote[d] the ethic of selfishness." The coalition questions the morality of the choices reflected in budget cuts and tax policy supported by the GOP. [Time]

Progressive Muslim-American feminist Amanda Quraishi creates 365muslim, an app providing daily facts about Islam, passages from the Quran, sayings from the p...