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December 2009

December 17, 2009

Oral Roberts, mainline Protestant

The blog GetReligion, which critiques media coverage of religion, points out that most obituaries of...

December 16, 2009

Oral Roberts dies

Oral Roberts Dies At Age 91. I grew up in Oklahoma, about an hour from...

December 13, 2009

Mark Hemingway on “30 Rock”

Did you watch "30 Rock" the other day and hear a cryptic reference to someone...

December 11, 2009

Evangelism without the gospel

Have you seen the "Receive Jesus" ad on national television? (I can't find it on...

October 2009

October 29, 2009

Speaking truth to power

An exchange between CNN's Campbell Brown and White House spokesperson Valerie Jarrett: Brown: So do...

October 09, 2009

The best television show ever?

Michael Anton makes a good case for The Twilight Zone: “Fantasy is the impossible made...

October 06, 2009

The Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup proof for God’s existence

USA Today online reports this exchange: Famed atheist Richard Dawkins appeared on The Colbert Report...

October 05, 2009

The gulf between the entertainment world and America

Over 100 Hollywood moguls and insiders--including Woody Allen, Martin Scorcese, David Lynch, and Harvey Weinstein--have...

September 2009

September 21, 2009

TV ads for abortionists?

That was the proposal in England, but British pro-lifers flooded the television agency with protests,...

August 2009

August 07, 2009

Rheticus on TV

If Luther is the definitive Lutheran theologian, and Melanchthon is the definitive Lutheran scholar, and...

July 2009

July 20, 2009

Walter Cronkite, journalist

The Platonic ideal of an anchorman, Walter Cronkite, died at 92. When I was growing...

July 08, 2009

Michael Jackson’s comeback

Lisa de Moraes of The Washington Post reports on the media coverage of the Michael...

June 2009

June 26, 2009

Death of the icons

Michael Jackson died. Also Farrah Fawcett. What can we say?

June 25, 2009

If non-sectarian, why not non-partisan?

Michael Gerson raises some interesting points about how PBS is now enforcing (with some odd...

May 2009

May 20, 2009

The final vote for American Idol

I started chronicling this series, so I suppose we should discuss the final choice on...

May 19, 2009

The Lord bless you and make you live long and prosper

You know Spock's Vulcan salute? This site reports that Leonard Nimoy modeled the gesture after...

May 18, 2009

The deity of “Lost”

Earlier in the history of this blog, we would discuss the occasional Christian symbolism and...

May 11, 2009

The best Star Trek

My verdict on the Star Trek movie: The best Star Trek movie by far. And...

May 01, 2009

The Supremes rule on “bad words” on TV

The Supreme Court ruled that the FCC can indeed fine broadcasters for airing expletives on...

April 2009

April 17, 2009

The best Idol-like audition ever

"American Idol" is based on "Britain's Got Talent," whose season started a few days ago....

April 14, 2009

The rebirth of Star Trek

The early buzz on the upcoming Star Trek movie, which has recast James T. Kirk,...

March 2009

March 24, 2009

Non-Idolators as American Idols

MTV News reports that "more than half of this year's crop of finalists — including...

March 19, 2009

The American Idol style vs. others

Adam Mazmanian's review of Kelly Clarkson's new album describes well the distinct vocal style that...

February 2009

February 19, 2009

America shows good taste on “Idol”

America got it right, in my opinion, in the first round of voting for the...

February 10, 2009

Melinda has her album

Remember Melinda Doolittle, the "American Idol" contestant in 2007 who came in third? A lot...

February 04, 2009

American Idol connection

As the aesthetics czar at Patrick Henry College, a request to allow a particular music...

January 2009

January 16, 2009

Help poor families by not subsidizing their TV?

The airwaves are going digital, so the government is giving out coupons to help people...

January 14, 2009

American Idol, again

I have notoriously enjoyed "American Idol," so, yes, I'm going to give it a try...

January 12, 2009

OK, I’m for Dr. Gupta

Michigan congressional Democrat John Conyers is trying to derail the nomination of CNN medical reporter...

December 2008

December 30, 2008

The decline of MTV

Remember when MTV ran a constant stream of music videos? And how people thought that...