Of all the odd jobs I’ve held over the years — ask me about selling steak on a stake — election judge was one of the less memorable.
Don't make me vote there
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Not all sources are created equal
Yesterday I highlighted some of the thoughtful and interesting media coverage of the death of Gordon Hinckley, the president and prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Commenters began discussing whether it was a lock that the next president would be the most senior (in terms of experience) church leader.
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Remembering Gordon Hinckley
Gordon Hinckley, the prophet and president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints died Sunday at his home in Salt Lake City. News of his death was carried on most media outlets. I thought most media outlets did a great job conveying Hinckley’s importance to the church.
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Losing their religion
The January/February issue of Psychology Today features a 5,000 word story, ostensibly on clergymen who lose their faith. While you have to get a copy of the dead tree version to read the whole thing, you can read the first few hundred words here. Having just finished writing a history of atheism for another magazine, I was excited to read the piece.
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Scandal in St. Louis, again
I wonder exactly how many reporters the St. Louis Post-Dispatch will use to cover the Rick Majerus story.
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Don't shoot the messenger
New York Times Supreme Court reporter Linda Greenhouse is not a stranger to her paper’s public editor column. In October 2006, former public editor Byron Calame discussed the problems that arose out of a speech she gave at Harvard University the previous June. That was the speech where she expressed some of her liberal political views, including:
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Proving the value of religion reporters
There’s a controversy brewing in St. Louis that poses some interesting questions for journalists. St. Louis University basketball coach Rick Majerus went to a Hillary Clinton campaign rally on Saturday night where he was interviewed by KMOV, a local television station. During the interview, he expressed some views that are not in line with Catholic teaching. Which wouldn’t be news if he weren’t also being paid $650,000 a year by a Catholic university.
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When controversy speaks for itself (updated)
Los Angeles Times reporter K. Connie Kang had another interesting story on the Godbeat or, in this case, the gods beat. Yes, the Episcopalians are involved.
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Interstate highway to heaven
Last month CNN reporter Gary Tuchman had a great story about a prayer campaign called Light the Highway. The leaders of the campaign believe that Interstate 35 was possibly prophesied about in Isaiah 35‘s mention of a “holy highway.” Seeing the prayer group in action was impressive as they all fervently shouted out prayers over each other while walking around near I-35 in Dallas.
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