As The Christophers say “It’s better light one candle than curse the darkness.” Here are some lit candles. WinCatherine seeks to go the distance. The documentary tells the inspirational story of  Wincatherine Nyambura Ndereba. Growing up inKenya, she put her faith in God to overcome extreme poverty and become the only woman  to ever win…

Pope’s book a best seller. Jesus of Nazareth by Joseph Ratzinger debuts @ #10 on the New York Times hardcover nonfiction list. New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan on 60 Minutes. Here’s Dolan (on the show’s online supplement) defending Church teaching on abortion, the ordination of women, priestly celibacy and gay marriage. People can decide for…

MSNBC’s Morning Joe criticized for shaky Japan earthquake coverage. Some thought the casual, politics-heavy tone of Friday’s show was a bit weird considering the enormity of the Japanese disaster (which only seems to get worse by the hour). To be fair, producers may have reasoned that the tragedy was already being extensively covered on NBC’s…

Doogie Howser, M.D. is back! I’m pleased to find one of the best family shows of the eighties airing on the kids network The Hub (a partnership of Discovery Communications and Hasbro) where it’s being paired with The Wonder Years, another classic from the era. Both shows were one-camera half-hour comedies of the type that…

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