More is coming soon from Beliefnet on the latest round of niche Bibles–I, for one, stagger at the sheer amount of these–but for now, just this photo:  More on this Bible here.

It’s interesting how this reporter frames a debate that occurred last night between an atheist and a Christian at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. The headline: “Atheist, Christian debate historical accuracy of the Bible.” The reporter’s lede summarizes the event in the same way. But the article makes it clear that the atheist is the…

Each Friday, I’ll try to post a few things–maybe 3, maybe 10–that stuck with me this week, wouldn’t leave me alone, and probably won’t be going anywhere anytime soon. IOW, the best kind of reading. This week’s list: From Culture11.com, Thomas Chatteron Williams on what a Barack Obama presidency can mean for black America From…

A quick word on “W,” Oliver Stone’s lazy bio-pic about our current president:  The movie is unimaginative and uninteresting on most every level–how many close-ups of the bottle of Jack Daniels do we need, exactly, before Stone has us convinced that young George has a drinking problem?–but since President Bush has become known (sigh) as…

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