The Boston Globe's Sunday magazine has an in-depth article on the growth of evangelical Christianity on campuses including MIT and Harvard. Unfortunately, the piece is written much like one might try to describe or explain an enclave of aliens from Omicron-Persei Five. In the wake of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decision requiring the state […]
I'm not a devoted watcher of CNN's Crossfire (or as Henry Hanks often refers to it as: "Colossalfailure"), but right now they have on Hussein Ibish and Jerry Falwell -- talking about "religious extremism." Of course, the religion in question isn't the same one that sends kids into pizzarias to blow themselves and others up. […]
Christopher Johnson over at the MCJ is on top of the division within the Episcopal Church over the decision by a majority of their bishops to substitute their feelings for the word of God.
The Wall Street Journal published a couple of good articles over the holiday weekend. The first is a look at someone who knows all about scandals and cover-ups -- the junior senator from New York, Hillary Clinton. The second is a look at the looming split within the Episcopal Church between those who follow the […]
The Wall Street Journal's John Fund has an article on the effort to significantly raise taxes in Alabama by appealing to the public's religious beliefs. Fund's key paragraph: How would Jesus tax the state? Well, no can say for sure. But it's a safe bet that waste, duplication of services and pork-barrel spending aren't in […]
The New York Times again lets its editorials work their way onto the news pages. As reported on Fox News and Timeswatch.org, a Times article by Elisabeth Bumiller purports to find dissatisfaction with Bush's performance by conservative religious people. At the same time, some religious supporters of Mr. Bush say they feel betrayed by promises […]
Christopher Johnson over at the Midwest Conservative Journal is on top of the fallout from the Episcopal Church's decision to confirm actively-gay Bishop Gene Robinson.
It's issues like this that bring out the nuts on both sides of the political/religious spectrum. First off, Judge Roy Moore's installation of the monument and his subsequent press conferences have been nothing more than political grandstanding. His installation of the monument is not about the Ten Commandments as much as it is about his […]
During the past few years one of the "hot" topics of discussion in the African-American community has been the possibility of the federal government paying reparations to the descendants of slaves. It is, of course, ridiculous to demand payment from people who never owned slaves to people who were never slaves themselves. But this creative […]
The city of Oceanside has settled a lawsuit brought by four people arrested for preaching on city streets. Under the terms of a compromise, Willis said, the city agreed in federal court in San Diego to have a judgment entered against it but admitted no fault. Oceanside police arrested the men as they preached to […]