People in angry crowds shout all kinds of things, as anyone who has ever covered a protest rally can tell you.
"Go back to the oven!"
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Who shepherds the shepherd?
We hear about the instances when well-known clergy crash and burn, like that of former Colorado mega-church minister Ted Haggard.
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Got news? Catholics are smart and ...
We’re going to be seeing lots and lots of commentary about the death of Father Richard John Neuhaus and the end of an era, especially if you combine his passing with that of another important Catholic activist on the right, Deacon Paul Weyrich.
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Faith-free Tebow? II
Since so many of you liked talking about Florida Gator two-time champion quarterback Tim Tebow, I thought I would drop this quick follow-up on last night’s national championship BCS championship game. I managed to avoid most of the game until the final quarter, but I happened to stay awake for Tebow’s (short) post-game interview that included a shout out to his Lord and savior Jesus Christ.
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Got news? Printed names in Turkey
One of the most important resources available to mainstream reporters is a solid, printed list of names attached to clear information or opinion about a hot issue.
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Death on a Thursday morning
Yesterday morning, I asked my 16-month-old daughter to pick out one of her books and bring it to me. Instead of “That’s Not My Bunny . . .” or some similar book, she picked up my latest copy of First Things and went through it page by page. It made me laugh but also made me immediately wonder how the journal’s founder Richard John Neuhaus was doing. I knew he’d been in poor health and had received last rites.
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Can 800 British buses be wrong?
The viral growth of the atheist bus movement has been a godsend to writers on both sides of the Atlantic.
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Tebow's mission and his critics
I keep forgetting that this evening’s alleged national college football championship game is something in which sports fans are expected to be interested. The lack of a proper method for determining a national champion in college football really puts a downer in my interest in the game. Or maybe I’m still just sore about the Colts and the fact that Tony Dungy likely coached his last game in Indianapolis.
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Children of (postmodern) women
We talk about “ghosts” quite a bit at this blog, by which we mean religious issues that are hiding, uncovered, in mainstream news stories.
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