I have a question after reading the Henry Chu feature in the Los Angeles Times about the decision of Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil to come out of the closet as a gay man.
Sex, religion and conformity in India
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Saddam's Koran moment
What is the significance of Saddam Hussein holding a Koran as he headed to the gallows Saturday morning? It’s not the first time a brutal tyrant reached for religious symbols as the people he formerly ruled sent him to his Creator. And it won’t be the last. The job of the journalist is to tell us what it means and how the Iraqi people perceived the symbol.
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Christmas is hot, hot, hot in China
Merry fifth day of Christmas, everyone. I still have a lot of Christmas coverage left in my email inbox, and I hope to get to some of it in the midst of my travels.
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Was the Ahmadinejad story left behind?
The Religion Newswriters Association has released its annual poll to determine the top 10 religion-news events and trends of the year. It is, in my opinion, a very ordinary year with an all-too-familiar blend of politics, Episcopal sex, Middle East warfare, one tragedy and one (or often two) events involving the pope.
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When did the Anglicans "erupt"?
Let’s flash back for a moment to the eruption of Anglican warfare in Northern Virginia that drew so much press coverage last weekend.
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So many Anglican questions, so little ink
Every time I sit down at a computer keyboard to write a 700-word column about the global Anglican wars, my head starts spinning.
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When did the Anglican war begin?
While the votes have been announced in those two historic Episcopal parishes, we really won’t know much about the actual media coverage of this event until tomorrow’s full-length reports are out in the elite newspapers.
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Anglican keys in Northern Virginia
Tomorrow is a giant news day in the Anglican wars, which is a global story that also has an American angle, a New York City angle, a Virginia angle and a Washington suburbs angle.
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Don't know your Islam?
Jeff Stein, the national security editor for Congressional Quarterly, has been doing some brilliant reporting lately. Yet it’s all so simple. Ask the leaders of our nation, particularly those in positions of power in intelligence, national security and international affairs, to explain the basic differences between Sunni and Shiite Arabs.
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