Obama takes South Carolina To read the text of Obama’s victory speech, click HERE Read more

Caroline Kennedy chooses Obama: “A President Like My Father” In a guest op-ed column in the New York Times, JFK’s daughter Caroline Kennedy endorsed Barack Obama for president. She says: “OVER the years, I’ve been deeply moved by the people who’ve told me they wished they could feel inspired and hopeful about America the way people did when my father was president. This sense is even more profound today. That is why I am supporting a presidential candidate in the... Read more

The Home Stretch “What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.” —T.S. Eliot ____________________________________________________________________ The Sin Boldly manuscript is aaaaaaaaaaaaaaalmost done. Thank you, God. So there won’t be a column this week, because of my effort to summit the proverbial peak. But, I’ll b back next week, inshallah, tripping the light columntastic (maybe even twice!) and getting the Dude back into fighting... Read more

HOPE-MONGERING:I have to think Dr. King would be proud The former prez fought a losing battle against the nods during an MLK service at the Convent Avenue Baptist Church in Harlem. How unfortunate. Read more

I FEEL HOW LARRY LOOKS They say Jan. 21 is the gloomiest day of the year … Read more

GODSTUFF “FIRST SUNDAY” ISN’T GOOD, BUT ITS SOUL IS PRETTY GREAT Last weekend, the No. 2 film in the nation, grossing a healthy $17.7 million at the box office, was a movie about redemption set almost entirely inside a church. But few people I talked to this week, even in religious circles, had heard of “First Sunday,” the comedy starring Ice Cube and “Saturday Night Live” alumnus Tracy Morgan. No one else I know besides me had seen it. And... Read more

Getting over it: 22 Things We’re not in the habit of resolving for the new year, but THIS column by Pamela Redmond Sartran from the Huffington Post titled “22 Things To Get Over Once And For All This Year,” we found very interesting and, frankly, helpful. GGHQ Read more

GODSTUFF GODSTUFF is taking the week off. God Girl’s regular Friday column will be back next week. In the meantime, have fun (and good luck!) exploring the infinite abyss. UPDATE: I realize there was no religion page in the Sun-Times today and therefore no message saying I was taking the week off. What with the layoffs at the paper, this seems to have caused some confusion. I assure you, I’ve not gone anywhere. I am just finishing up the Sin... Read more

St. Francis de Sales, Patron of Journalists, Pray for the Chicago Sun-Times Layoffs began at the Sun-Times today. Our heart breaks for our friends and former colleagues. GGHQ Read more

We lurv him. And we meeeeesed him. Glad you’re back, Mr. Stewart, no matter how awkward it might be. GGHQ Read more