a review of religion and media
“When asked how they heard about Summit [Christian defense workshops for college students], several students can’t remember. ‘Everyone knows about Summit,’ one of them says.” Everyone. But if that doesn’t Continue Reading →
Tony Perkins of the Christian conservative Family Research Council targets NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg — usually of little concern to the Christian Right — for his opposition to John Roberts‘ Continue Reading →
Sharlet: On the one hand, there’s something thuggish about attempts by some religious conservative media bigs to press penguins into service for the cause, as reported by Jonathan Miller in Continue Reading →
Moktada al-Sadr‘s “beard reaches up his cheeks and a dark widow’s peak points down from beneath his own black turban. He glowers, projecting mistrust, even when he briefly smiles.” That’s Continue Reading →
Moktada al-Sadr‘s “beard reaches up his cheeks and a dark widow’s peak points down from beneath his own black turban. He glowers, projecting mistrust, even when he briefly smiles.” That’s Continue Reading →
A leader of the nation’s largest evangelical organization sharply chastises Bush for his failure to act in a crisis situation. The dreaded g-word — genocide — is deployed. And the Continue Reading →
The Family Research Council — heir to the Christian Coalition as Washington’s most effective Christian Right political organization — doesn’t often stray far from the Republican line. But its sacrificing Continue Reading →
“Like a lot of celebrities, the Rock is smaller than you expect it to be…” No, not the awesome wrestling star of Walking Tall and this summer’s Will Rogers Institute Continue Reading →
“Like a lot of celebrities, the Rock is smaller than you expect it to be…” No, not the awesome wrestling star of Walking Tall and this summer’s Will Rogers Institute Continue Reading →
Amy Sullivan of Washington Monthly on why The Atlantic, the Weekly Standard, and the National Review are wrong about Mitt Romney, the conservative Massachusetts governor who wants to be America’s Continue Reading →