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Want to see the difference between the MSM and the new “niche” news sites? Then take a look at these stories about Krishna Rajanna and the closing of his Affordable Medical and Surgical Services business in Kansas City, Kan.
When addressing members of the Evangelical Press Association in April, Anne Graham Lotz cited her father as a Christian who has remained focused on evangelism, even at age 86. Laurie Goodstein of The New York Times provides the details on what a toll Graham’s age has taken on his health, and the result is far more interesting than a snapshot of a plaster saint:
The New York Times has a nice news news feature today about the large internship program for young conservatives at the Heritage Foundation here on Capitol Hill. The facility even includes dorm rooms that are the envy of many, or so it seems.
I realize that it doesn’t make much sense to pay close attention to Art Buchwald these days, but his latest column does offer a very crisp summary of how believers on the Religious Left and secular side of the news divide view things.
The Weekly Standard cover story that Doug LeBlanc highlighted in his latest post is one of several good covers. There was also the David Gelernter cover on the importance of the Bible in Western civilization and, now, Matt Labash has a piece on Dave “Mudcat” Saunders.
Our blog missed the fuss earlier this month when an adviser to Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney said this in National Review magazine: “He’s been a pro-life Mormon faking it as a pro-choice friendly.” National Review and The Weekly Standard both recently published cover stories about Romney. Though National Review‘s standing ovation gained more attention, The Weekly Standard‘s profile, by publisher Terry Eastland, represents the better work.
Young master Jeremy Lott is on to something important with his post yesterday about trying to find a natural niche for religion within Google News. This whole task is not easy and, yes, it is closely related to the overarching purpose of this blog and our search for religion “ghosts” between the lines of many news stories in the MSM.
As part of my regular duties at this blog, I was scanning Google News the other day, when it struck me: You’ve got Top Stories, World, U.S., Business, Science and Technology, Sports, Entertainment, Health, and More Top Stories. What’s missing?
Hat tips to Andrew Sullivan and Rod Dreher. Are you ready for this? Has anyone heard of similar cases out there? I mean, other than the whole “Choose Life” flap down in Florida.
