Sep 09 2008
Juan Cole has a very interesting comparison of Islamic fundamentalists and Sarah Palin in today’s salon.com. The difference between Muslim fundamentalists and Sarah Palin? Lipstick and not much more. Check it out …
Sep 01 2008
The news is now filtering out that Sarah Palin’s 17 year-old daughter is pregnant. At the outset, let me say that I have a great deal of empathy for Bristol Palin, the father of the unborn child and his family. It is by anyone’s measure a less than ideal situation and my prayers go out to those involved. Having said [...]
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 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 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 [...]
May 03 2008
This coming week a group of influential American evangelical leaders will be releasing An Evangelical Manifesto that is critical of some current attempts to blend evangelical faith with politics. Notably, James Dobson and some other prominent evangelical leaders are not signatories, and this reflects a debate within the movement as to how far and for [...]
