If you only read one column this weekend...

...read mine! But if you read two, then read Paul Jacob's: "Taxation as a moral value."

The whole theme of "keeping religion out of politics" has bugged me for a long time, and Jacob takes that theme on.

An excerpt:

...it is President Bush who finds himself regularly accused of mixing religion and politics. There are several reasons for this, his faith-based initiatives and his personal statement of faith ranking the highest. However, one rarely if ever witnessed him speaking from a church pulpit during the campaign (though he attends church regularly). Nor did he make a habit of explaining his political positions in terms of his religious views. On the other hand, Kerry was constantly before church congregations speaking of his faith and its intersection with his politics.

That's not the best part. Read the whole thing.