Michael Kinsley has written a hilarious take on the New York Times story about John McCain: McCain and the Times: The Real Questions. A sample: Many readers of last week’s New York Times article about McCain, including me, read that article as suggesting that Sen.
Protestants are just about to slip down into minority status, according to this report. “Whereas nearly two thirds of Americans identified themselves as Protestant as recently as the 1980s, only 51 percent identify as Protestant today, the study found.” (For a more in-depth discussion of
Roger Kimball notes that Muslims are waging a traditional jihad, but are finding much greater success with a soft jihad: That’s the new mantra, you know: “for fear of offending Muslims.” We don’t give away piggy banks (to say nothing of other “pig related items”)
Hillary Clinton’s people are circulating a picture of Barack Obama, on a trip to Kenya, wearing African dress, including a turban. (Even though he is wearing a polo and khakis underneath.) The insinuation is that he is a Muslim. That, or she is trying to
This article on changes in the Religious Right is interesting in itself, saying how the old hard-core conservative leaders have either died or are no longer listened to, and how evangelical Christians are now going beyond sex and abortion issues to work also for “compassionate”
Amy Sullivan is the nation editor for “Time Magazine.” She is a liberal (naturally) and also an evangelical Christian (surprisingly). She has written an op-ed piece, based on a forthcoming book, on being an evangelical liberal in the Democratic party. I was especially struck by
Contrary to my usual custom, I really don’t have anything to say about the Academy Awards. I tried to watch some of the show, but I found it insufferable and had to turn away. Which raised another question in my mind: Is it really true
Our nation’s newspaper of record is getting slammed by its own watchdog for publishing without a shred of evidencethat story about John McCain insinuating that he had an illicit affair : Read what the New York Times ombudsman had to say.
Pop-spirituality guru Deeprak Chopra writes an essay entitled Why We Need a New Jesus. He says there have been two Jesuses. One the rabbi of history, and the other the divine savior created by organized religion. He says we need a new one, a Jesus
Serbian mobs over-ran the U.S. embassy in Belgrade and set part of it on fire. See this. This was part of a protest of Kosovo’s declaration of independence from Serbia, which the United States is expected to recognize. Since embassies are considered sovereign soil of
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