Once again, one of the Beltway’s best-known journalists who is an active Catholic is facing a life-and-death crisis.
"Mr. Novak ... eternity is forever"
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Define "Christian lifestyle choices"
Generally the newspaper coverage of the Justice Department report on illegal hiring practices has been really good. There is one glaring exception though: the lead in The Washington Post‘s A1 story. You have to wonder where the phrase “Christian lifestyle choices” came from.
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Abstaining from abstinence coverage
So we all know the accepted consensus on abstinence programs: They don’t work. Right? A few months ago, the CDC issued a really shoddy survey claiming that one in four teenage girls had a sexually transmitted disease. The relative standard error was so high (greater than 30 percent) as to render the survey useless.
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How to avoid comments at GetReligion
Out there in cyberspace, insiders seem to be doing some fresh thinking about their love-hate relationships with their regular readers and frequent comment-part writers (including trolls). I took a stab at that topic the other day here at GetReligion, so you can click here if you want to see that.
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Nailing down motives
Some tragic news is coming out of Tennessee. Yesterday, a man armed with a shotgun walked into a Unitarian Universalist church in Knoxville yesterday and killed two people and shot seven others. Whenever something senseless like this happens, the media rush to determine why. Early reports from Knoxville had neighbors suspecting anti-Christian animus:
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Not the only person upset
Paul Z. Myers, a biology professor at the University of Minnesota, Morris, has made his best effort at enraging as many people as possible by defiling that which is considered sacred by millions around the globe. Some are even considering how his actions could possibly impact the “future of life in our pluralistic democracy.”
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Try seeing the mirror image
A reader who is, at the moment, rather upset with the GetReligionistas sent me a story the other day that he wanted us to critique. It’s from the Los Angeles Times and briefly tells the story of the LA police chief’s decision to donate money to the organization that is fighting the ballot initiative against the legalization of gay marriage.
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Lessons learned
Whenever we write about stories involving Roman Catholic Womenpriests, we get a ton of reader feedback. Part of that is because much of the coverage has been so weak over the years. But part of it is because the issues surrounding the group get at the heart of what animates many believers — authority, Scripture, social issues, personal determination. It’s all very interesting stuff.
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Football news sacked by religion
Readers of The Miami Herald‘s sports section may be wondering if the newspaper’s sports department is on the hunt to hire a religion expert. Based on the last couple of days of football coverage, it may not be a bad investment although they are doing fairly well with what they have at this point.
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