# In an op-ed, Professor Jonathan Haidt discusses recent events in US politics

1 Faculty News March 17, 2012 ![The New York Times Logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/uat_027320.jpg?itok=W8xBr66g)>

Excerpt from [The New York Times blog](http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/17/forget-the-money-follow-the-sacredness/) -- " ... we’ve seen the sudden re-emergence of the older culture war — the one between the religious right and the secular left that raged for so many years before the financial crisis and the rise of the Tea Party. When sacred objects are threatened, we can expect a ferocious tribal response."

[Read more](http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/17/forget-the-money-follow-the-sacredness/)

Additional coverage appeared on [MSNBC Morning Joe](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036789/ns/msnbc_tv-morning_joe/#46704001).