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July 2013

July 17, 2013
I really liked Tennessean Godbeat pro Bob Smietana's profile last year of Richard Land, then...
July 17, 2013
On one level, the recent Reuters "special report" on the financial issues haunting the 10,600-acre...
July 17, 2013
Romenesko published a memo the Associated Press sent out after a couple of tweets received...
July 16, 2013
When I was 12-years-old I developed an unhealthy addiction to Choose Your Own Adventure novels....
July 16, 2013
NPR had a story on the Texas legislature passing what journalists usually call "sweeping abortion...
July 16, 2013
Nick: Are you all right? Honey: Of course, dear. I just want to put some...
July 15, 2013
If you have been following major-league baseball this year, then you probably know a little...
July 14, 2013
The New York Times published a lengthy travel piece with tons of religion in it....
July 13, 2013
Are there any working journalists in this day and age who do not have a...
July 12, 2013
I'd hammer in the morning, I'd hammer in the evening, All over this land, I'd...
July 12, 2013
Someone on Twitter noticed something illuminating about mainstream media coverage of social issues that's worth...
July 12, 2013
Earlier this week, I critiqued an Associated Press story on the hullabaloo caused by a...
July 11, 2013
I'm not ashamed to say that I love journalism. I'm elated that I get to...
July 11, 2013
For the past two decades, I have spent quite a bit of time driving the...
July 10, 2013
Today is the 504th anniversary of the birth of John Calvin (July 10, 1509) --...
July 10, 2013
Thou shalt not write an inflammatory newspaper column. Hell, it seems, hath no fury like...
July 10, 2013
Let's get the praise for this story about praise music and hymnody out of the...
July 09, 2013
Son: (Graham Chapman, coming in the door) 'Ello Mum. 'Ello Dad. Klaus: (Eric Idle) 'Ello...
July 09, 2013
It appears that some members of the mainstream press are beginning to do the hard,...
July 09, 2013
I remember a sermon where a pastor pointed out that if it weren't for commercialization...
July 08, 2013
No, this post isn't a totally blatant attempt to drive up pageviews by including "porn"...
July 08, 2013
If you're elected Bishop of Rome, you join one of the world's most exclusive lists....
July 07, 2013
At this point, I think it's safe to say that almost every story written about...
July 06, 2013
Absolutely horrific news out of Nigeria today. From the Associated Press: POTISKUM, Nigeria — Islamic...
July 05, 2013
A few journalistic thoughts while I continue to watch the waves of news coverage rolling...
July 05, 2013
What do you call someone who reads the Bible, attends church, prays daily, and believes...
July 04, 2013
On this Independence Day, let's look at a great story that appeared on the 150th...
July 03, 2013
OK, follow me carefully here, because it is especially interesting who passed the following item...
July 03, 2013
When abortion rights supporters showed up at the Texas state capitol to protest, the AP...
July 03, 2013
The BBC reports three Pakistani women were murdered by a member of their family for...
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