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Moving on, and many, many thanks...
So...my recent vacation and related absences also coincided with an offer from PoliticsDaily.com to cover religion for them, as editor Melinda Henneberger announces here in her roundup on the site's very successful first 100 days. That means, in short, that I'll have to sign off from blogging h
posted 8:29:24pm Aug. 02, 2009 |
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Calvin at 500, Calvinism 2.0
If you thought you knew John Calvin--who turned 500 last week--you probably don't know enough. For example, that he was French, born Jean Cauvin. And if he was in fact scandalized by dancing, he was also a lot more complex than that. I explored the new look Calvin in an essay at PoliticsDaily, "Patr
posted 11:53:35am Jul. 16, 2009 |
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Apologia pro vita sua...Kinda
In my defense, I've had computer outages and family reunions and a few days of single-parenthood, which is always a bracing reminder of what many parents go through all the time.
And this weekend it's off for a week's vacation.
Anyway, hence the long absence. Apologies to those who have chec
posted 10:51:36am Jul. 16, 2009 |
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When Benny met Barry: "I'll pray for you!"
The first word via Vatican Radio and first image (that I saw) via Rocco:
Speaking to Vatican Radio, Press Office Director Fr. Federico Lombardi said "moral values in international politics, immigration and the Catholic Church's contribution in developing countries" were key topics of discussio
posted 12:54:28pm Jul. 10, 2009 |
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Signs of the times: Obama's eye
Yes, this photo of Obama ostensibly eyeing a young woman (apparently a 17-year-old delegate from Brazil--where are her parents?!) at the G-8 Summit is the hottest Google search item. And of course the question of what Obama was thinking is a leading Fox News story.
So it goes, even as the
posted 12:26:05pm Jul. 10, 2009 |
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posted January 12, 2009 at 11:29 am
I read an interview in which the guy could scarcely construct a coherent sentence. But he’s more qualified than the “biased journalists” who have studied and lived in the area for years.
Pathetic.
posted January 12, 2009 at 11:37 am
A quote from “Joe the War Correspondent” in the Jerusalem Post:
“I’ll be honest with you. I don’t think journalists should be anywhere allowed war. I mean, you guys report where our troops are at. You report what’s happening day to day. You make a big deal out of it. I think it’s asinine. You know, I liked back in World War I and World War II when you’d go to the theater and you’d see your troops on, you know, the screen and everyone would be real excited and happy for ‘em. Now everyone’s got an opinion and wants to downer, ah, down soldiers. You know, American soldiers or Israeli soldiers.
I think media should be abolished from, uh, you know, reporting. You know, war is hell. And if you’re gonna sit there and say, “Well look at this atrocity,” well you don’t know the whole story behind it half the time, so I think the media should have no business in it.”
When will this guy’s 15 minutes be up and he goes back to snaking drains?
posted January 12, 2009 at 2:28 pm
It looks like “Joe” has gotten under David Gibson’s skin.
Why else would Gibson devote a post to this?
The truth is David Gibson probably can’t do plumbing … but anyone can do journalism.
posted January 14, 2009 at 8:10 am
Joe the mangler of English wants us to simply accept the propaganda that our respective countries put out for consumption. Sorry Joe, but the citizenry in a democracy has a right and a responsibility to engage in the debate over war, and yes that can be a major downer. It is, however, what responsible adults do in a democracy: They involve themselves in the affairs of state because the state is elected by them and acts on their behalf. I really want to know that my government is doing, to re-elect them when they deserve it, and to hold them accountable for their actions. (e.g. If my government engages is torture and opts out of provisions of the Geneva convention, I really want to know that.)