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One of the great unwritten stories of the Bush years is why religious leaders remained so quiet on torture. Most conservative Christian leaders were mum. Rick Warren, a.k.a. America’s Pastor, did make a statement against torture a couple of years ago but I was curious whether he did anything beyond that. Here’s what he said…

New England Patriots Quarterback Matt Cassel is being hailed for his performance just six days after his father’s death, leading his team to a 49-26 victory. I’m curious: would the reaction have been as positive if the headlines had been, “Cassel Skips Game to Mourn Father’s Death”? Shouldn’t that be the headline we want and…

In his interview with Beliefnet and The Wall Street Journal, Rick Warren boldly challenged other evangelicals to care more about poverty. When told that evangelicals who voted for McCain listed poverty as 13th out of 14 on their set of priorities, did not hold back: “Wow. That’s interesting. Well, that’s my whole job. I’ve got…

Since Rich Cizik was just booted from his leadership role at the National Association of Evangelicals for supporting civil unions for gays, I found it fascinating that Rick Warren — the leading evangelical pastor in America — basically just said the same thing. Here’s the relevant passage from a just-released interview with Beliefnet and the…

Rick Warren is keeping a list, and checking it often. He’ll have to memorize it because he can’t count on having his Blackberry when he needs this list most. This is Rick Warren’s list of questions for God. In the course of a fascinating conversation last week with Beliefnet and our partner The Wall Street…

Rich cizik, the vice president of the National Association of Evangelicals, was asked to resign because he publically supproted civil unions for gays. For me, this begs a few questions: did NAE criticize President Bush, Sarah Palin or John McCain for supporting civil unions for gays? And, even more interestingly, how will they feel about…

A new study shows that one of the key determinants of divorce is how old you are when you get married. What if we required that anyone under the age of 25 who wanted to get married had to go through counseling or some extra hoops? Here’s a fascinating “divorce calculator” that gives you the…

What struck me reading Newsweek’s unusual cover story — “the Religious Case for Gay Marriage” — is not what it says about gay rights but what it says about the economics of newsmagazines. I worked at Newsweek as National Correspondent in the 1980s and 1990s, and even back then, the newsmags were in an identity…

Humbug. I got only eight out of 14 right on Beliefnet’s holiday movie quiz. When the author’s supplemented the old movies with some modern “classics” like National Lampoon’s Christmas special, well, the level of difficulty went up. Three I got wrong: Q5. What does Clark Griswold get instead of a year-end end bonus in “National…

Last month Beliefnet began posted the nominees for the Most Inspiring Person of the Year. Beliefnet’s readers then voted, winnowing the field down to three finalists: The Boy Scouts of Blencoe, Iowa, who persevered through a deadly tornado; Stephen Curtis Chapman, the musician who suffered unspeakable tragedy when his teen son ran over his baby…
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