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A mouse in God’s house: Sally Quinn takes communion

July 16th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Whatever ...

NBC journalist Tim Russert’s funeral was a big, Catholic affair complete with lots of media heavies who showed up to bid him farewell.  Included in that guest list was Sally Quinn, a journalist (of sorts) who currently runs a Washington Post blog,  On Faith. (Sidenote: the Washington Post has 7 blogs about religion.  Call me [...]

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Obama’s very good, faith-filled, come-to-Jesus week

July 7th, 2008 · No Comments · Politics

Our Obama has been a busy man of God.
Well, he technically isn’t talking about just God … last week, it was supposed to be a focus on values.  But because it is impossible in this country to talk about values without talking about God (since we are such a Christian nation and all that), it [...]

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Al Sharpton doesn’t like Cooper’s shellfish-loving lifestyle

June 25th, 2008 · No Comments · Whatever ...

Whereupon urbanmenno and a friend discuss Anderson Cooper’s conversation with Al Sharpton last night.

[edited to protect the not-so-innocent]

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Dobson, please exit stage right

June 25th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Politics

What is James Dobson thinking?   I know he’s super-conservative, anti-gay,  anti-woman, anti-everything really (under the guise of pro-family, of course). But he wasn’t some raving crazy lunatic like Jerry Falwell or the end-times-are-a-coming-throw-the-gays-overboard like Pat Robertson, right?.  At least he gave the impression of being … I don’t know … temperate.  Maybe I was easily [...]

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