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Laurel Snyder is the Jewish Student Life Coordinator at the University of Iowa and, as of late, she also has worked overtime as the official spokesperson for all of Jewry — or at least Jews that live in certain zip codes near certain newspapers. She does not seem to have enjoyed this ink-stained role, according to her essay at The Revealer.
I am still trying to learn the ropes in this blogosphere stuff. So I am wondering how to translate comments left by “michigancatholic” about our post on press coverage of the new reports on sexual abuse among Catholic clergy.
Based on the number of people who have sent me the URL, many of our readers have already read the Howard Kurtz column in the Washington Post entitled “When Left Is Right and Right Is Wrong.”
According to Variety, there is an interesting dance going on right now between the New York Times and some sources in the Hollywood establishment.
The Passion email flood is beginning to slow a bit, as everyone waits to see if there are enough people in Hollywood who think The Lord of the Rings is too conservative to be given the top Oscar. I’m not joking. I mean, it’s pro-Truth with a Big T. If it wins, that’s a victory for the Religious Right, right?
Here is a quick list of some of the major stories about the new Catholic clergy sexual abuse reports. This is a list of secular newspaper reports, collected on the blog of the conservative Catholic World News. This is a good site for insights from conservative clergy and laity. The National Catholic Reporter, of course, represents the other side of the aisle.
Leaders of the Religion Newswriters Association are not very happy (once again) with the leaders of the U.S. Catholic Bishops Conference.
I am happy to report that the library at the Poynter Institute has created a quick-reference page with resources for professionals who walk the God beat.
Baylor University’s faculty wars about whether “Christian higher education” exists and, if so, whether it is good or bad have attracted national media attention. Meanwhile, a similar showdown has been taking place on the quiet Mars Hill College campus in the stunningly beautiful North Carolina mountains just outside Asheville.
