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]
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 [...]
Tags: Election 2008·obama·religion