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August 2013

August 26, 2013

Hurrah: Learning more about Antoinette Tuff’s religion

The other day I was reading an obituary of Tom Christian, descendent of the Bounty...

August 20, 2013

LATimes sees the layers of threats against Copts in Egypt

The dominant story coming out of Egypt right now continues, and with good cause, to...

August 13, 2013

Sun sheds very little light on new linebacker’s faith

If you know anything about the Baltimore Ravens, then you probably know something about the...

June 2013

June 20, 2013

What about those prayers for Dwyane Wade’s pains?

Greetings, GetReligion sports fans. Anyone who has been following the news lately knows that the...

May 2013

May 31, 2013

Why can’t press get religion, when covering black churches?

Let's face it. The mainstream press really struggles when trying to cover life in African-American...

May 14, 2013

NYTimes finally makes some changes on the fetus front

Oh to have been a fly on the fall during any editing discussions at The...

May 13, 2013

Should pro-choice activists be asked Gosnell questions?

The New York Times Sunday Magazine ran a Mother's Day interview with, who else, the...

April 2013

April 27, 2013

Baltimore Sun drops ball in profile of a preacher’s son

Here we go again. The following has become a GetReligion mantra, when it comes to...

April 26, 2013

That all-but-missing detail about Jeb Bush’s life

Catholics here in America have a very intense and interesting relationship with the mainstream press....

April 17, 2013

On Sarah Kliff’s mea culpa on Gosnell (a national story)

If you have been on Twitter in the past week or so, you probably know...

April 12, 2013

That ghost in Dr. Ben Carson’s, well, moral theology

The folks who edit and operate the newspaper that lands in my front yard are...

April 05, 2013

Washington Post tries to define ‘liberal’ in Maryland

There is much to applaud in today's Washington Post story that ran under the headline,...

March 2013

March 21, 2013

Hey CNN: Ghosts in the ties that bind Cyprus and Russia

So I'm sitting in a restaurant eating my lunch and, up on the wall, the...

February 2013

February 27, 2013

What do conservatives really think about Cardinal Mahony?

Yes, Cardinal Roger M. Mahony of Los Angeles will be in Rome and will vote...

February 20, 2013

What are the real differences between Mahony and Gomez?

Guess what? There are significant differences in the theological approaches and doctrinal convictions of Los...

February 19, 2013

Dr. Ben Carson’s faith makes news, this time

Every now and then, the newspaper that lands in my front yard runs a story...

February 05, 2013

Ugh — when ‘reality’ TV looks inside clergy homes

I know, I know. "The Sisterhood" is a reality television show about pastors' wives. I...

February 03, 2013

Super Bowl: Ray Lewis is Ray Lewis — deal with it

I have said it before and I will say it again. I know that, as...

February 02, 2013

GetReligion turns nine; Newsweek sort of vanishes

So once again, with feeling. Nine years ago today, the Rt. Rev. Douglas LeBlanc clicked...

January 2013

January 26, 2013

Kwanzaa, Manti Te’o and respect

I enjoy reading other media critics and ombudsmen, (er, ombudspersons?) and thought about discussing this...

January 19, 2013

India and rape: Spotting some tricky ghosts

In about 99 percent of the mainstream news reports you will ever read about India...

January 13, 2013

Spot the ghost: An X factor for QB Russell Wilson?

While things are not going very well in his second playoff game with the Seattle...

January 07, 2013

More about Ray Lewis and his Psalms 91 t-shirt

So, GetReligion readers, I am happy to report that the Baltimore Sun team noticed the...

December 2012

December 30, 2012

ESPN gets Irvin and his ‘threshing floor’ sermon

Hey! Time for another GetReligion post about religious issues in sports coverage! Can you hear...

December 20, 2012

Christmas carol wars on the DC Metro — not

Anyone who spends much time on subways and other forms of mass transit knows that...

December 13, 2012

Tiny little news stories about booming Diocese of Orange

The Diocese of Orange -- as in Orange County -- has a new leader, Bishop...

December 12, 2012

Generic Armenians fleeing Syria for no particular reason

For news consumers who are closely following events on the ground in Syria, especially those...

December 07, 2012

Should churches, left or right, serve as polling places?

Anyone who knows anything about the at times dangerous dance between politics and religion in...

November 2012

November 28, 2012

Too little news, too much analysis?

A flurry of e-mailed links to religion news stories flies back and forth each day...

November 25, 2012

Times team laughs at all those bitter Texans

Since I grew up in a solidly Baylor family, I have always understood why the...