The stone is cast

Jerry Falwell spent a career demonizing others. Upon his death, what else could he expect in return?

By Alan Wolfe

The Old-Time Hypocrisy Hour

Jerry Falwell was a complicated political figure, who demonized his ideological foes yet grew beyond some of his worst intolerances, John Nichols writes. Yet as the influence of the religious right on the GOP wanes, John McCain and most other Republican contenders still fear the wrath of the evangelicals Falwell led into their fold.