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In this week’s Time, Walter Isaacson argues that newspapers won’t survive unless people start paying something for the online versions. (He suggests a micro-payment system a la E-ZPass). I agree with Isaacson that the newspaper (and magazine) industry must think in radical terms. Thomas Jefferson said, “were it left to me to decide whether we…

“Fidelity”: Don’t Divorce… from Courage Campaign on Vimeo.This strikes me as the most effective of the gay marriage ads I’ve seen. Instead of emphasizing rights, it emphasizes the conservative values of marriage — and implicitly challenges the anti-gay-marriage argument that same-sex unions will destroy families.

Paging pro-life Bible scholars. What are we make of this passage of Exodus (21:22-25) (hat tip: Pagan blog): And if men struggle with each other and strike a woman with child so that she has a miscarriage, yet there is no further injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman’s husband may demand of…

Atheists recently drew attention by putting ads on British buses declaring, “There is probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life.” Christian groups are responding with their own ads, which seem a bit lackluster to me: “There definitely is a God.” “There is a God. BELIEVE. Don’t worry and enjoy your life.” “The…

Beliefnet has announced it’s nominees for Best Spiritual Film. The nominees are: Slumdog Millionaire Wall-E Gran Torino Doubt The Dark Knight Vote here. The nominees for Best Spiritual Performance are: Meryl Streep in “Doubt” Richard Jenkins in “The Visitor” Brad Pitt in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” Queen Latifah in “The Secret Life of…

if the facts in this article are accurate, this is murder plain and simple and should be prosecuted as such. According to AP: Eighteen and pregnant, Sycloria Williams went to an abortion clinic outside Miami and paid $1,200 for Dr. Pierre Jean-Jacque Renelique to terminate her 23-week pregnancy. Three days later, she sat in a…

Sounds like religious conservatives have found their juiciest target. Family Research Council says that David Ogden, President Obama’s nominee to be deputy attorney general, is a “pornography advocate” who has “profited from representing pornographers and in attacking legislation designed to ban child pornography. The Department of Justice should not have a porn lawyer as its…

The main thing I was looking for in the creation of Obama’s faith-based office was whether it’s designed to mobilize the faith community to solve problems — or russle up votes. Is it substantive or political (as it was under Bush)?. How did Obama do? He created a “new” White House Office of Faith-based and…

Remarks of President Barack Obama National Prayer Breakfast Thursday, February 5th, 2009 Washington, DC Good morning. I want to thank the Co-Chairs of this breakfast, Representatives Heath Shuler and Vernon Ehlers. I’d also like to thank Tony Blair for coming today, as well as our Vice President, Joe Biden, members of my Cabinet, members of…

When we think of the most important religious figures in the last century, we tend to think of official denominational leaders (the Popes), famous evangelists or preachers (Billy Graham, Rick Warren, Norman Vincent Peale) and maybe some theologians (Reinhold Niebuhr, Walter Raushenbush, John Stott). Millard Fuller, who died this week, should be on the list.…
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