As reporters dig into Elena Kagan’s sparse record, they’ll look at any and every angle that might help us know how she might rule on Supreme Court cases.
Tiptoeing on Kagan's background
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Doctrine, politics and same-sex attraction
Gay issues are some of the most difficult to write about. People have such strongly held feelings about sexual orientation and behavior. Emotions tend to run roughshod over reasonable discussion.
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GetReligionistas with burning ears
As superstar reporter John L. Allen, Jr., of the National Catholic Reporter recently noted, Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver refuses to remain the quiet shepherd of a flock in an obscure time zone. Instead, he keeps raising his voice on crucial issues, as you would expect from a man who keeps repeating these marching orders: “There’s no more room in American life for easy or tepid faith.”
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The medium and the message
Pope Benedict XVI is on a visit to Portugal. As is his custom for trips outside the Vatican, he takes reporters’ questions while in-flight. One of the responses has gotten quite a bit of media coverage. Here’s how Reuters put it:
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Big flood (yawn) in flyover country
Someone could write a good country song — or even a bad one — about the great Nashville, Tenn., flood of 2010.
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Those generic attackers (yelling 'Allahu akbar')
The following information is sad, but true. It is very common for mainstream journalists, especially wire-service reporters in foreign bureaus, to have to write about events that they do not have the time or money to cover in person.
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Where have all the Protestants gone?
Back when Chief Justice William Rehnquist died, I went on record saying he should be replaced by another Lutheran. I was joking but it looks like I was onto something. Sarah has covered the stories leading up to this moment, so it’s no surprise to GetReligion readers, but the Supreme Court is sans Protestants.
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God and the 'Granny pod' debate
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Little bitty flock of 1.6 million
I’m part of a little bitty religious group. We call ourselves the Churches of Christ. This is how a Florida newspaper described us over the weekend:
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