All this week I have been serving long days on a jury.
The Jewish Valentine's Day?
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Hey, Washington Post, does experience matter?
It’s the question that all religion-beat specialists hear all the time, whether they want to or not.
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Eat off your bellies!
Writing about atheism here at GetReligion would seem somewhat oxymoronic since we are well, a blog about the media’s coverage of religion. But even atheists have a degree of faith since it takes faith to believe that there is in fact no God out there.
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What a bizarre little semi-story
Want to see a major missed opportunity to show a key scene in what simply has to have been a complex and rich human drama?
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Oh, those Christmas cover stories
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Democrats praying? In public?
Here inside the cloistered alternative universe called Washington, D.C., many politicos are paying an unusual amount of attention to the health of Sen. Tim Johnson of South Dakota. The latest, as of 42 minutes ago as I begin typing, is that he has been conscious at several times since last week’s emergency brain surgery.
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You take the good, you take the bad
Sometimes I think the best thing a reporter can do to improve his craft is be interviewed by another reporter for publication.
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So many Anglican questions, so little ink
Every time I sit down at a computer keyboard to write a 700-word column about the global Anglican wars, my head starts spinning.
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Scrutiny and opportunity
We cover Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney so much because so much of the mainstream coverage of him delves into religion. Many stories about Romney, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, mention his ties to his church. Other stories obsess over how voters of varying religions will react to a Romney candidacy for president.
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