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November 2012

November 18, 2012
Two decades ago, while I was serving as the religion writer for The Charlotte News...
November 17, 2012
On the latest Issues, Etc. podcast, host Todd Wilken and I discuss my recent post on a Washington Post story...
November 16, 2012
Today's digest from the Religion News Service (sign up for this very helpful service, if...
November 16, 2012
Back in March I wrote in "How To Cover A Hate Crime" about my obsession...
November 15, 2012
Grab your air-sickness bag and let's dive right into this New York Times sports feature....
November 15, 2012
Man oh man do I feel conflicted writing this post. Let me state, right up...
November 15, 2012
A journalism fellowship program I'm involved with recently heard from one Sam Feist, CNN's Washington,...
November 14, 2012
Altogether now, let's chant: World Ends Tomorrow: Women and Minorities Hit Hardest! Mort Sahl is...
November 14, 2012
OK, let's deal with some basic questions about Catholic bishops and politics. In terms of...
November 14, 2012
The New York Times published an interesting story about the Atlanta Jewish Book Festival ("Jewish...
November 13, 2012
I gotta admit: Just a few sentences into this Washington Post feature on post-election Red America...
November 13, 2012
One of the big election-day stories in deep-blue, liberal Maryland was the narrow victory for...
November 13, 2012
The New York Times published a riveting piece about Salafism in Tunisia. From the beginning,...
November 12, 2012
Let's drop the media criticism for a moment and have a bit of fun (about...
November 12, 2012
Back in May, I noticed a curious decision by some media outlets to scare quote...
November 11, 2012
Even by Friday night news dumps, this one was a doozie. David Petraeus resigned on...
November 10, 2012
A church service for atheists? Really!? Here in my home own state of Oklahoma, that's...
November 09, 2012
Laying out the front page of the November 7 issue presented a few problems for...
November 09, 2012
Sometimes you have to laugh to keep from crying. That was my first reaction when...
November 09, 2012
Of the many curious coverage decisions the mainstream media made this year, I thought the...
November 08, 2012
What we have here is kind of a Son of the WomenPriests story -- with...
November 08, 2012
It's all about race. And age. Religion? Uh, surely that's not a factor worth exploring....
November 08, 2012
Well, everyone, we made it through another presidential campaign year! Congratulations to the winners and...
November 07, 2012
It should be a quiet day on the religion-beat front, in the wake of yesterday's...
November 07, 2012
The 98-year old leader of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church has died. I guess you weren't...
November 06, 2012
A heartwrenching story appears on the front page of today's Los Angeles Times (see a television report...
November 06, 2012
I was reflecting on the interesting election coverage we experienced over the last year(s) and...
November 06, 2012
First things first: I would like to stress that, while I am a member of...
November 05, 2012
It is touching to see that in spite of everything that has happened over the...
November 05, 2012
It's a question that I always know I will hear after a lecture on the...
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