Let me draw your attention to this fascinating article in the Parisian weekly news magazine Le Nouvel Observateur about the new generation of Catholics arising in France.
Clip and file this: How To Be A Lousy Journalist 101
Over at Intercollegiate Review, I have a piece with some helpful journalism tips. Here’s how “How to Be a Really Lousy Journalist for Fun and Profit” begins:
Ready! Set! Be bored by Illinois' same-sex marriage debate!
The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life’s “Religion News on the Web” page is one of the places I go to peruse religion news.
Asking the Boy Scout questions that matter the most
If you know anything about the politics of gay rights, you know that there is absolutely nothing that the Boy Scouts of American can do right now that will not lead to major divisions in their organization. The key force that will cause a future split is, of course, the deep divide among mainstream religious groups on the moral status of homosexual behavior.
So, does Los Angeles need a 'conservative' newspaper or not?
That ghost in Dr. Ben Carson's, well, moral theology
The folks who edit and operate the newspaper that lands in my front yard are having a Devil of a time trying to figure out what to do with Dr. Ben Carson. Frankly, their struggles are beginning to remind me of their struggles to understand the role that the church plays in the lives of many African-Americans in the politically liberal state of Maryland.
Washington Post tries to define 'liberal' in Maryland
There is much to applaud in today’s Washington Post story that ran under the headline, “Maryland’s leftward swing.”
Flash! Cardinal says all people created in God's image
In a way, the existence of the short New York Times story that ran with this headline, “Dolan Says the Catholic Church Should Be More Welcoming to Gay People,” is simply a matter of journalistic math.
