Paul Harvey Without a second to breathe or to blog the last several days, and for the next several as well, my thanks to John Fea for finding this classic of contemporary popular historical interpretation : a dialogue between noted historians Bill O’Reilly and Sarah Palin: Read John’s gentle, admirably patient, but devastating blog post on this subject for more. John rightly emphasizes the complexity of the history of America’s founding — or any history, for that matter. As he writes, Any student of the past knows that history is complicated and complex.
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Sarah Palin, Tea-Party Texas Textbook Trivializers, and the Heartless Bastards
Not every story has a religion angle, but it’s amazing how many do. Take, for example, the recent Washington Post news feature that ran with the perfectly boring headline, “Va.
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God and the ‘Granny pod’ debate
Once again, HiScrivener’s “Legal Prejudice” theory strikes gold with yet another example of how no one gives a flip about offending the Body of Christ.
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What Comedy Central wants to do with Jesus is no laughing matter
UK: A woman has been charged with the 2006 murder of a 22-year-old spiritual healer. Five people have already been convicted in relation to Alfusaine Jabbi’s murder. Police are still looking for one additional suspect.
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Woman to face court over faith healer’s murder
Jurors heard compelling evidence Monday from a bite expert who testified Blaine Milam could not be ruled out as the contributor of the majority of bite marks on 13-month-old Amora Carson. Forensic odontologist Robert Williams testified his area of expertise has been used to identify serial killers, Hurricane Katrina, 9/11 and Branch Davidian victims when other methods failed.
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Bite Expert Testifies In Baby Exorcism Murder Trial
Today is Confederate Memorial Day in North and South Carolina. Today I honor my great-great grandfather, Samuel Pharis Templeton , of Laurens County, SC, who, though owning no slaves, went to war to defend his home and family from the invasion of Northern U.S. Forces.
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Pvt. Samuel Pharis Templeton, 3d Regt., S.C.V.
St. Louis may be best known for its Gateway Arch, but for GetReligion regulars, perhaps it’s best known for Tim Townsend . We’re regularly reading reports from Townsend, who has been the religion reporter at the St
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5Q+1: Meet Tim Townsend in St. Louis
The voters wanted a “new kind of politics”. Well, now they have got it.
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It’s a fight for power: purists v pragmatists
In the great Greek drama, there are few heroes, but any prize should go to Dublin. The Republic of Ireland has done a lot to get out of its own troubles, which were similar to those of Greece — worse, in a way, given that it has already had to rescue its banks. But with impressive agility and calm, the centre-right coalition led by the Taoiseach, Brian Cowen, has managed big spending cuts
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Ireland, the Pig getting out of the muck
In his first speech after the election, David Cameron stood alongside a portrait of Winston Churchill. The monumental presence of Britain’s wartime Prime Minister did not go unnoticed by pro-British observers on the other side of the Atlantic.
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The partners in this relationship must move on