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Christian universal health care

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The D.C. Three may disagree, but from my perch out west it appears that the only news coming out of the capitol these days — especially today — concerns healthcare reform. Almost all of the religion mentions I have seen in health care reform stories has concerned either whether religious leaders were on board or whether the latest version of the bill included federal funding for abortion. Sometimes it’s a combination of the both.


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A skinhead learns he's a Jew

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Pawel must have never imagined those words would mean something special to him. He was a Neo-Nazi skinhead, and The New York Times used his story to illustrate a most unique portion of the Jewish revival in post-Communist Poland:


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Healthcare nunsense

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I have a friend who has been on the health care beat for her paper for years. I saw her last week at a party and she looked a bit weary. I gave her my own views on the matter and she replied, in all sincerity, “I just want it to be over.” It is very difficult to be a journalist covering this thing. It’s hardly the most transparent thing to have been debated in Congress, it has about a million moving parts, special interests are fighting for last-minute inclusions or exclusions, and the legislative machinations are confusing for all but the most nerdy of parliamentarians.


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St. Patrick didn't drive errors out of journalism

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In his thought-provoking essay “Reclaiming St. Patrick’s Day,” Christianity Today‘s Ted Olsen talks about how Christians could emphasize the day by highlighting issues related to the great saint (e.g. fighting human trafficking, celebrating multi-ethnic communities and incarnational ministry). Here’s how it begins:


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The camel's nose called 'evangelism'

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Before we look at the journalistic essay that has me so hot and bothered, let us pause and read two crucial passages in a document that used to be dear to the heart of old-fashioned liberals — the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This cornerstone of human-rights work was proclaimed by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1948.


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Headlining Pope Benedict's Connections

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I’m guessing most reporters hate writing headlines. Your stories are often so nuanced or complex that no one can possibly condense it down to a few words. We’ve been reading several stories related to Pope Benedict XVI’s connections to Peter Hullermann, a priest who had been convicted in 1986 of sexually abusing minors, and we’ve been taking special notice of whether the headlines and the story make the appropriate ties.


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