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Do you believe in Tebow?

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I bleed Orange and Blue, which means that I’m having a great year. My Denver Broncos, who were completely out of the running just a few games in, somehow managed to tie for first place in the AFC West last week. And this week we — yes, I’m a key component of the team’s success — had another amazing win in overtime to get first place on our own. I had already psychologically prepared for this week’s loss. We were behind 10-0 with just minutes remaining in the 4th quarter. Unbelievable.


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Hitler and the War on Christmas

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I just disembarked from my first cruise and I’m in lovely Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. After a week in gently (or not-so-gently) rolling waters, I’m pretty happy to be on dry land. It was great to be out of communication for a week, but I missed my newspapers. So while I sit here waiting for my flight, I’m devouringtThis weekend’s Wall Street Journal, which included some fantastic articles. But one article, while terribly fascinating, had some holes.


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Normalizing nihilism: Euthanasia in Holland

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It has been almost ten years since the Dutch parliament voted to legalize euthanasia.  While the Netherlands became the first country to grant state sanction to a mercy killing, doctors the world over have long quietly colluded in the “good death” of the terminally ill or those in extreme suffering.  The BBC reported that the 1 April 2002 — April Fool’s Day — law set the following parameters for Dutch mercy killings:


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Headline most likely to be corrected, pronto

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As I have explained before, one of the most painful realities that reporters face is that the vast majority of news consumers do not understand who writes, and who does not write, the all-important headlines that top news reports.


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Huh: fundamentalist Catholics protest provocative art

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Sometimes we come across a story that could be called “The Onion, GetReligion style.” It’s so strange that you’re not even sure where to begin. We have a story like this from AFP, and it appears the media outlet released two versions of the same story yesterday.


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Post returns to military cemetery (landfill)

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We may have an answer to the unspoken religious questions in a shocking story that broke about a month ago here inside the D.C. Beltway. Do you remember the pre-Veterans Day headlines in The Washington Post about the military remains — partial remains and body fragments — that were, well, taken out to a nearby landfill? Click here for a reminder of what went down.


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