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The Washington Post had a story about a Virginia native son charged with joining a terrorist group that was well-written and filled with lots of details. But came up short nonetheless.
It’s difficult to understand why only FOX News Radio and World Net Daily thought this was news. I gave it a few days to incubate. To no avail.
NPR yesterday began a multi-part series on the rise of religious belief in China’s spiritual vacuum. And it’s not off to a good start.
At this point I am basically waiting for a barn burner focusing on the relatively new religion known as Judaism that is gaining ground and has even spawned a splinter religion called Christianity.
There is some seriously conflicting information out there right now concerning Crystal Cathedral founder the Rev. Robert H. Schuller. The Los Angeles Times, which has the more recent story, explains:
Most people thinking about the Netherlands today are wondering whether the Oranje can survive Spain to win their first World Cup. While I’ll certainly be watching, I thought I’d take this pre-game to get a Dutch story out of my guilt file.
Media attention following the Hawaiian governor’s veto of a same-sex civil unions bill has been on whether tourists and businesses should boycott the beautiful island chain, a la the LA response to Arizona’s anti-undocumented-alien law.
After taking in the fireworks last night, I spent some time sifting through Google Reader and surfing Google News for religion-related Fourth of July stories. Not a lot of interesting articles out there. Mainly, I saw a lot of old fare.
I mean, talk about an evergreen topic on the religion beat. The primary problem with this story from the Detroit Free Press, which tragically got picked up by the United States’ largest newspaper, is that it suffers from dry rot.
