As the old saying goes, Americans don’t have a royal family. We have celebrities.
Pod people: Does it matter if celebrities/royals have faith?
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Is Columbia, Maryland, really a spirit-enriching secular city?
I am not a huge fan of Utopian visions, but I have always had a fond place in my heart for the dreamers who have invested time and money in the movement known as New Urbanism. I love older neighborhoods that are close to shopping areas, especially those that have retained their old trees, wide sidewalks and other evidence that human life existed before automobiles.
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Ghosts in blue-state — er, red-state — West Virginia?
There’s a lot to digest in the Washington Post’s nearly 4,000-word political road trip to West Virginia, headlined “A blue state’s road to red.” Even at that word count â mammoth for a newspaper â it’s a definite challenge to boil down an entire state, its people and their attitudes and way of life into a single story.
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The Washington Post examines the demons (and a religion ghost) in 'The Exorcist'
It’s that time of year again, the time when reporters keep trying to reach author William Peter Blatty to talk about pea soup, noises in the night, long flights of stairs and the degree to which human necks can swivel.
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Why did Time magazine fabricate a quote? Correct
“Jerry, just remember. It’s not a lie if you believe it.” George Costanza, “The Beard”, Seinfeld, Episode 102, 9 Feb 1995.
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Define 'practicing Catholic;' report the Virginia options
Surely it will come as little surprise to faithful readers of this hear blog to learn that your GetReligionistas are not fond of the term “devout Catholic,” a foggy, meaningless label that is used way too often in mainstream news reports.
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Los Angeles Times skips obvious 'ghost' in pet cemetery story
Losing a pet is often — if not always — a sad and traumatic experience. Over the past 20 years, my wife and I have shared out home with a total of five cats, three of whom have passed away, the most recent in March 2013. It’s never easy to lose a companion animal.
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Universalism at play? Or is this church split only about sex?
The Dallas Morning News â which dropped its paywall Oct. 1 â had an interesting story this week on a mainline Presbyterian church split. This is a big one, folks:
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Rihanna's vague voguing in The Independent
What does “improper” mean when it comes to Rihanna — the Bajan pop star? The Independent in London circles hesitantly round this word in its report on Rihanna’s publicity stunt at a mosque in Abu Dhabi last week, but never quite explains what she did that violated Islamic taboos.
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