Everyone ready for another war? Ready or not, it appears that we are about to go to war with Syria. Or, as the Washington Post says:
Off to war again. But a just one?
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On poverty, race, families and Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Other than arguments about the United States becoming entangled in Syria, and Miley Cyrus coming unwound at the MTV shindig, the big story the past few days here in Beltway land has been — thank God — the 50th anniversary of the “I Have A Dream” speech by the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., at the Lincoln Memorial.
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Does The New York Times hate Timothy Dolan?
”The question is, should this indictment have ever been brought? Which office do I go to to get my reputation back? Who will reimburse my company for the economic jail it has been in for two and a half years?”
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Pod people: What's religion got to do with Egyptian tourism?
In the wake of the events of 9/11, I had the honor of taking part in a forum on religion and the news at the University of Nebraska that, no surprise here, featured a keynote speech by historian Martin Marty, an omnipresent scholar who has probably done as much as anyone to promote serious work on the Godbeat.
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What NOT to teach a metro reporting intern
Need a new role model after #MileyCyrus? Try Sister Vivian, a rockin’ 100yo nun who’s pushing for women priests http://t.co/AagH92HIWu
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Associated Press: Accused corpse-stealer is 'religious'
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A murdered child, a guilty teen, 'Dexter' and a very real hell
One of the big ideas of this website, oft repeated in a variety of wordings, is that if journalists want to understand real events in the real lives of real people in the real world, then — more often than not — they are going have to wrestle with very real religious issues. At some point, journalists have to take religion seriously and let people talk about the religious beliefs that help shape their actions in life.
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Got news? Mother Jones on ghosts in FBI's Hasan probe
Your GetReligionistas normally do not spend much time looking at ideological media outlets, such as National Review or Mother Jones.
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Where is the BBC's coverage of what's happening in Egypt?
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