When his 37-year-old mother is diagnosed with terminal cancer, a college football star steps up to care for her and his younger sisters.
Faith, family and football for Ole Miss walk-on
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Basketball coach's 'intensely religious' widow
A variety of factors contributed to my decision to become a journalist: My love for writing. My love for news. My love for seeing my name in print.
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The Pope hates Christmas
Breaking news from the Telegraph … the newspaper’s Rome reporter reports that one Joseph Ratzinger, a.k.a. the Bishop of Rome, Pontiff of the Catholic Church alias Benedictus PP. XVI, claims Jesus was not born December 25, in the year 1.
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Polish anti-Semitism and the press
A new film that premiered last week has resurrected moral questions that some Poles hoped had been settled long ago. The 20 Nov 2012 front page of the Warsaw daily Gazeta Wyborcza was dominated by the controversy surrounding the film Poklosie (Aftermath). The headline reads “Poklosie under attack“ — but the reaction of many Poles is that they are under attack from Poklosie.
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Tough to understand Tufts evangelicals
The Boston Globe reported last week on an evangelical student group at Tufts University facing the potential loss of its funding:
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The murder of Shaima Alawadi and media credulousness
I mentioned the story of Shaima Al Awadhi the other day. (Previous coverage here, here and here.) I became mildly obsessed with her after news of her unbelievably brutal killing broke in March. Al Awadhi was only 32 years old when she died and was a mother of five. She was attacked in her home, succumbing to her injuries a few days later.
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"Was that wrong?" -- New York Times and adultery
The New Criterion is my favorite journal. I discovered the magazine when I was in college and have been a fan of the monthly ever since, reading the magazine cover to cover when it hits my doorstep. And ArmaVirumque, the New Criterion‘s blog, is a site I visit frequently.
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On media malpractice and Savita Halappanavar's tragic death
Back in March I wrote in “How To Cover A Hate Crime” about my obsession about the horrific beating death of Shaima Al Awadhi, a 32-year-old mother of five:
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Ready, set, barf: An evangelical football feature
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