The words of Jesus condemn those who would proclaim themselves his followers in our political system.

In a study published in the latest edition of Social Psychological and Personality Science journal, researchers performed three experiments and concluded that highly religious people are apparently more stingy with money and less compassionate overall than those who are less religious.

Republicans in Congress have largely refused to help struggling Americans this year, so what can President Obama do about it? Turns out the President throws on his Superman cape and helps financially struggling Americans by giving them money from his own pocket.

I seem to remember a time, not that long ago, when conservatives tried to convince us that they were nice people. In fact, just over a decade ago, our last President ran with the motto ‘Compassionate Conservatism.’ Even then, it sort of felt like a ruse, but he had such a convincing way of telling us that ‘No Child Left Behind’ really was about the children or that his ‘Faith Based Initiatives’ weren’t just a way of bringing us one step closer to a theocracy.