Randall Balmer
CommentatorRandall Balmer is chair of the Religion Department at Dartmouth College. His most recent book is "Redeemer: The Life of Jimmy Carter."
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In 1981, a year after the Religious Right abandoned Jimmy Carter, a born-again evangelical Christian, for Ronald Reagan, Billy Graham remarked, “It would…
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Jimmy Carter, 39th president of the United States, turns 91 years old tomorrow.Anyone who visits Plains, in southwest Georgia, and especially the Carter…
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In 1979, during one of the nation’s energy crises prompted by the Arab Oil Embargo, President Jimmy Carter ordered the installation of 32 solar panels on…
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Last month I returned to rural southern Minnesota where my family lived from 1957 until 1963. This is farm country, with rich, loamy soil. Climb on top of…
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Forty years ago this month, Jimmy Carter, then governor of Georgia, delivered an extemporary address that established his credentials as a liberal and…
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It’s official. Vermont is the least religious state in the nation. According to a recent Gallup Poll, only 22 percent of Vermonters attend religious…
