Did you see Stephen Colbert storm off The View. It was all a joke, of course. He was having fun with all the hoopla following Joy Behar’s and Whoopi Goldberg’s decision to walk off their own show a few days earlier because Bill O’Reilly said Muslims attacked on 9/11. Some thoughts on both walk-offs. First,…

TV lost another iconic parent this week. Following the death of Barbara Billingsley (aka June Cleaver) on Saturday comes word that Tom Bosley (Mr. C of Happy Days) passed away on Tuesday.  The immediate cause of death was reported to be heart failure (following a battle with lung cancer). While Bosley’s most-famous role by far…

Thanks to my good friend Doktor Luther, I came upon this. J.E. Dyer’s blog The Optimistic Christian speaks about the role of unflinching, yet realistic, Christian optimism in leading individuals and communities toward balance and peace. Dyer defines optimistic Christianity as “an attitude of trust about the promises of God for our lives: a certainty…

Barbara Billingsley, aka June Cleaver (wife of Ward and mother of  Wally and “Beaver”) in the classic family TV sitcom Leave it to Beaver has died at the age of 94. The show debuted in 1957 and ran until 1963 (ending just months before the assassination of JFK). To this day it remains iconic of…

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