This should be fun to read! A new series from Slate The Obama Messiah Watch. – By Timothy Noah – Slate Magazine Introducing a periodic feature considering evidence that Obama is the son of God. UPDATE: I have been having trouble with the above link all day. Popular? Maybe, but […]
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Too good not to simply quote in full. From Biblische Ausbildung: U2 and Martin Luther King “Pride (In the Name of Love)” is the second song on U2’s 1984 album, The Unforgettable Fire, and was released as the album’s first single. Written about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., it is […]
UPDATE: A number of people are coming here from Google’s own blog entry on this topic (which I just realized dates from 9/16/2005!). Let me summarize my point in a single sentence. Since Google will not remove Google bombs they are undermining their usefulness and objectivity as a search engine. […]
In terms of promises to higher ed the Dems are already finding out how difficult it is to lead in politics. Apparently the pressure isn’t from the Republicans, but the industry. Democrats’ plan to slash the interest rate for student loans draws criticism from unlikely sources In the run-up to […]
In an interesting piece reflecting upon President’s Ford’s status as an adopted child (and Bill Clinton’s as well) commentator Jay Homnick shows his knowledge of rabbinica. In President Ford’s case there is an added poignancy in the notion that he was essentially an adopted President. The citizenry had not voted […]
I offer no comment. 😉 Rumsfeld resignation summarized in Mac OSX screenshot Xeni Jardin: Created by BoingBoing reader Brian Topping. Previously: Rumsfeld to resign. Who is Bob Gates? Link, and more. (Via Boing Boing.)
This PBS story was the Religion and Ethics Newsweekly’s “Election 2008 Preview” but it serves just as well for a post mid-term election consideration of what is to come. Do the 2006 midterm elections set the stage for a highly politicized religious environment in 2008 and for more religious appeals […]
Bishop Charles Jenkins is the Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of Louisiana (our home of 9 years) and relays some of the struggles of rebuilding that come from a history of political malfeasance. Be sure to read it all. As I travel across this nation seeking support for the work […]
If you click on my profile you will see that I live in (near) New Orleans and that I teach at Tulane University. Needless to say we have been through a lot this year. Whenever catastrophes of this magnitude occur someone always seems eager to step forward and say that […]