May 30 2008
Having been to that part of the world in 2005, I read with interest stories about the “uncontacted” tribes in the Amazon (of course, they are not “uncontacted” at all, having got close enough to take pictures and be shot at with arrows, as the story relates, but that’s beside the point). I’m not really sure [...]
May 29 2008
It seems that Dunkin’ Donuts—that seductive hangout for local cops the nation over—has dropped an online ad campaign featuring that radical Islamist Rachael Ray because conservative bloggers complained a scarf worn by Ms. Ray around her neck resembled a kaffiyeh, the traditional Arab headdress that nitwits like Michelle Malkin (and no, I’m not going to link to [...]
May 23 2008
Just when he thought he had solved his “God Problem” with his repudiation of John Hagee, John McCain has had to repudiate another one: Pastor Rod Parsley of the World Harvest Church of Columbus, Ohio. As ABC News put it, “Despite his call for the U.S. to win the ‘hearts and minds of the Islamic [...]
May 15 2008
I have to admit, even though I am in favor of same-sex marriage, I was quite surprised—no, stunned—by the California Supreme Court’s decision upholding same-sex marriage in California. I have only glanced at the decision (the opinions can be downloaded here) but it is important to note that all seven justices concurred in at least part [...]
May 14 2008
There are media reports that televangelist John Hagee has apologized for his comments on the Catholic Church. After meeting with a number of prominent religious activists — almost all of them Catholic — Hagee wrote a letter to Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Civil and Religious Rights, stating in part: “In my zeal to oppose [...]
May 12 2008
Last week, friends of the environment lost a leader at the much-too-early age of 53. Joseph Egan was a nuclear engineer turned lawyer who, among other cases, led the state of Nevada’s effort to block a nuclear waste dump at Yucca Mountain. Now ten years after the facility was to have opened but for the efforts [...]
May 11 2008
CNN has a story today from the folks at Mental Floss on some of the more, uh, “colorful” vice presidents from America’s past. It’s worth a look. Enjoy …
May 10 2008
There is an interesting article in the latest issue of MovieMaker magazine (Spring 2008) by faith-based media consultant Tom Allen about the status of the faith-based film movement in Hollywood. “Mass Media: The Faith-Based Film Movement Takes on Hollywood,” argues that independent moviemakers are starting to get in on the action that had previously been the [...]
May 08 2008
Lately, I, and I’m sure a whole lot of others, have been wondering why Barack Obama has not been able to close the deal, to once and for all knock Hillary Clinton out of the box and legitimately claim the Democratic nomination. After seeing the results from Indiana and North Carolina that make it even [...]
May 07 2008
Glen Greenwald has a powerful post today concerning the presidential election and the Catholic vote. Prompted by some on the right who, commenting on the Indiana precinct where a group of 80- and 90-yearold nuns were not able to vote for lack of sufficient identification, asked what the nuns were doing voting for Obama or Clinton in [...]
