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Gotcha Miss California
By
Diana Butler Bass
This morning, Miss California USA told an MSNBC anchor that she prays for celebrity blogger Perez Hilton. Not unsolicited charity, her prayers are a response to an unexpected controversy from Sunday’s night Miss USA competition. Miss California was one of five finalists for the Miss USA crown when she drew Mr. Hilton’s question in the…
Columbine and Original Sin
By
Diana Butler Bass
Ten years ago today, I was in San Francisco leading a retreat for Episcopal clergy from the western United States. During the afternoon break, someone handed me a slip of paper saying that there had been a shooting at a Colorado high school named “Columbine.” It fell to me to announce the news to the…
The Gathering Storm – Colbert Strikes Back
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Paul Raushenbush
The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c The Colbert Coalition’s Anti-Gay Marriage Ad colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor NASA Name Contest There were a lot of good spoofs of the National Organization for Marriage’s video The Gathering Storm. This one called a $#it Storm of Intolerance wins first runner up. But…
An Uncharitable Perspective on Vice President Biden
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Paul Raushenbush
$1,885.00 out of $269.256.00 equals less that 1% of giving to charity – and that is what Vice President Biden and his wife decided was a good amount in 2008. This is a pathetic attempt at charity. It isn’t really an attempt, it is a faint that is just enough to make them feel as though they had…
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