Jim Downard

Juggling fiction and facts, the author compares Trump 2.0’s America to Pottersville in "It's a Wonderful Life" warning Trump's version is not so wonderful.

Uncover the threat of Christian nationalism discussed at a recent conference. Explore the impact and implications of this ideology and why coalitions are important.

Find out why fact-checking matters in the Trump and Harris debate. Read James Downard's analysis on the role of media in the vetting process.

Get insights into the threat of Christian nationalism and its interconnected players at the upcoming conference in Spokane. Join us for a discussion with renowned speakers Andrew Seidel and Brad Onishi.

Louisiana mandates the display of the 10 Commandments in public schools, inviting legal challenges and controversy over church-state separation. Governor Landry's move sparks debate on religious influence in education.

Should someone ask me (a secular atheist) where I got my philosophy of life — what to value, how to behave — and how not to, I can answer simply and directly: from watching Rod Serling’s “The Twilight Zone” and Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals as I grew up.

Nonetheless, I was among the legion of screwball cocky activists (known as “Expociters”) who insisted it was possible for our dumpy decaying little burg, the peripheral civic pimple on the back ass of Washington state, to match (or even outdo) grand Seattle in having—hold your horses, fasten your seatbelts—a real live WORLD’S FAIR here.