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A reader who would like to remain nameless writes, “Is it wrong … that I find this awesome?” The this that he, she, or it refers to is a Reuters story about vandalism at Madame Tussaud’s.
As Christmas approaches every year and the traditional holiday stories enter the rotations of local television stations, you can be sure that someone, somewhere is going to mount a defense of Ebenezer Scrooge — pre-conversion, of course.
Blogger (friend, colleague, etc.) Radley Balko has responded to news that philosopher Antony Flew has had a come-to-Prime Mover moment thus:
The Australian media have been very interested in an interfaith summit that was hosted in Indonesia for the last two days (stories here, here, and here — a few links cribbed from the CT Weblog).
Another item from the GetReligion assignment desk: I’ve said it before, religious conflicts are by far the most interesting ones. We’ll get to my specific suggestion in a minute, but first, a news story.
In response to my last post on fears that shaking hands and sharing a common communion cup just might increase the chances of infection during flu season, reader Garrett Brown pointed us to an article by Anne LaGrange Loving, a professor of microbiology.
At Mass this Sunday I had a bit of a cough, though nothing bad compared with the seriously congested woman who sat down behind me. I thought she was going to hack up a lung as she settled into the pew. She made half throat-clearing, half choking noises throughout the service.
The Washington Times and the Washington Post both ran related stories Thanksgiving morning alleging that the current story behind the holiday is a bunch of pro-Pilgrim propaganda.
It looks like the Washington Post has found the ghost in the story, or maybe it’s the elephant under the bed. The topic is billionaire Philip Anschutz’s business dealings in sports and media. Doug LeBlanc took a look at the coverage earlier this year when Anschutz bought the San Francisco Examiner and found it to be remarkably light on religion.
