Welcome to your daily report and commentary from the intersection of Faith & Media. They’re back! None of these returns are quite the Second Coming but they’re kinda interesting. George W. Bush began his Decision Points book blitz by sitting down with Matt Lauer. He wasn’t always right but his mistakes were, I believe, honest…

With the midterm elections finally behind us, it’s a good time for creatively looking ahead and considering some out-of-the-box ideas for moving this country forward — and, as President Obama would say, out of the ditch. As an American, influenced strongly by Catholic Christian ideals, here are my thoughts on what needs to be done.…

I give The Today Show credit for at least questioning the role the media plays in creating a courser and seemingly less kind culture. Using Mary Elizabeth Williams’ Salon article declaring the death of decorum as a jumping off point, part one of the Today series rattled through a montage of prime examples of high-profile…

A couple of noteworthy quotes from over the weekend. “The country’s 24-hour [news cycle] did not cause our problems but its existence makes solving them that much harder. If we amplify everything, we hear nothing. There are terrorists and racists and Stalinists and Theocrats. But those are titles that must be earned. You must have…

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