Media

A Stupid Made-for-TV Controversy

Jim Wallis 9-08-2009

Cable news and the blogosphere heated up with a new controversy in the lead-up to a noon-time address that President Obama gave as a http://www.whitehouse.gov/MediaResources/PreparedSchool

Did Anyone Freak Out in '91 When George H.W. Bush Asked School Children to 'Help Us Achieve Our Goals'?

Ryan Rodrick Beiler 9-08-2009

I blame the media for much of this manufactured controversy.

Obama's School Speech Outcry

Eugene Cho 9-08-2009

Most folks who've read my blog over some time should know that while I very much respect President Obama, I don't go ga-ga and drool over this man.

Sex Trafficking: Rescuing the Other Jaycee Dugards

Julie Clawson 8-31-2009

I, along with the rest of the nation, have watched in horror this past week as the details of the J

Video: Health-Care Hermeneutics with Jon Stewart

Steve Holt 8-28-2009

I need to find something to do until Sept. 13 or thereabouts. The Daily Show is on a three-week vacation until then. (Anyone have a good home remedy for the Stewart Shakes?) I kid.

Honduran Coup Government Showing Sensitivity to U.S. Pressure -- More is Needed

Elizabeth Denlinger Reaves 8-28-2009

While the United States remains focused on health-care reform and back-to-school activities, the impact of the Honduras coup in June continues, much out of the popular media.

The Downstream Media and the Death of Political Civility

Randall Balmer 8-27-2009

The passing of Sen.

Liberty in North Korea

Jeannie Choi 8-14-2009

It's been more than a week since journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee returned to American soil, and the entire world is waiting on baited breath to hear their stories.

Who Lit The Fire Under the Right-Wing 'Populists' Against Health-Care Reform?

Rose Marie Berger 8-10-2009

By now, we've all seen the angry "regular Americans" who are rising up to resist health-care reform. They are demonstrating loudly at town hall meetings. They are holding rallies.

Evidence of Things Not Seen

Jim Wallis 8-01-2009

A conversation with PBS host Tavis Smiley.

The Professor and the Police Officer Got Trapped in the 'Script'

Jim Wallis 7-29-2009

I have been away for the last couple of weeks, first for a family wedding and reunion on a lake in northern Michigan, and then at the Chautauqua conference center in rural New York state.

Stuck on Stupid

Valerie Elverton Dixon 7-28-2009

Here we go again.

Fear, Race, and Pride in the Gates Arrest

Alan Bean 7-27-2009

A New York Times piece picks up on a question http://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2009/

Mark Sanford, John Ensign, and 'The Family'

Becky Garrison 7-24-2009

Presently, the glare of the media spotlight has started to shine on a number of political figures, all of whom coincidentally have a connection to a D.C.-based group called The Family.

Sotomayor's 'Temperament Problem': Perception and Reality

Ryan Rodrick Beiler 7-21-2009

Judge Sonia Sotomayor's approval as a U.S.

Turning My Travels into Pilgrimages

Becky Garrison 7-20-2009

Recently, I've begun to think how I can reconnect with God by turning all my travels (including my everyday errands) into pilgrimages. In this quest, I am greatly aided by the Rev. Kurt Neilson, author of Urban Iona.

I Don't Care What Our Health-Care System is Called, as Long as it Delivers

LaVonne Neff 7-20-2009

I recently sent an e-mail about health care to my congressman, Peter Roskam (R-IL, 6th District), through his Web site.

A Prime Minister's Conscience is Pricked

Nate Bacon 7-15-2009

Only God would open up an opportunity for a Catholic from San Francisco to speak prophetically to the Prime Minister of Australia, at the Anglican Centre in Rome, on behalf of Cambodians about to lose their land in Phnom Penh. God cares that much about the poor.

A Martyr in Mauritania: Missionaries, Religious Freedom, and Human Rights

Aaron Taylor 7-13-2009

Mauritania is a land of striking beauty, with sand dunes lined against the sky, Bedouins riding camels in the countryside, and flying beetles that look like they come straight from the abyss of the Apocalypse. Mauritania is also a land of extremes-extreme beauty, extreme hospitality, and lately, extreme religion.

Competing Narratives: Lessons from the Jena 6, Part 2

Alan Bean 7-09-2009

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