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June 2014

June 27, 2014

Two views of SCOTUS abortion decision — both on NBC

Is NBC News going schizoid? The way the network reported the U.S. Supreme Court's decision...

June 24, 2014

Journalism, facts and the fires of hell (revisited)

Without a theory the facts are silent, the economist F. A. Hayek has written. That...

June 14, 2014

Got news? Yes, there was a funeral for Ann B. Davis

I realize that I have written two GetReligion posts (here and then here) about the...

June 10, 2014

The ongoing spectacle of NYTimes contempt for religion

Yes, this was a piece of commentary. In other words, it was not a news...

June 09, 2014

Ann B. Davis: True heroine of alternative families?

My recent GetReligion piece on the life and ministry of actress Ann B. Davis, a...

June 07, 2014

BBC veteran: You know, the press just doesn’t get religion

Well, here is a gift to a GetReligionista who is on vacation. I mean, what...

June 02, 2014

Memory eternal: The life and quiet ministry of ‘Ann B.’

One of the complicated subjects that religion-beat professionals talk about behind the scenes, if they...

May 2014

May 30, 2014

WPost: Avoiding Maya Angelou’s soul, if at all possible

In the world of political, cultural and social studies theory there is a term --...

May 25, 2014

Short 30 for 30 slam dunk that gets the faith angle just right

You have to be a pretty intense hoops fan to remember many of the details...

May 23, 2014

Worst religion story of the year? AP trashes Phil Robertson

Sigh...no context, just a quick Associated Press gotcha blurb. Yep, that reader's email to GetReligion...

May 16, 2014

Horny dads at a prom: Too juicy to get the whole story

Let's talk about Clare, the homeschooled teenager in Richmond, Va., who was thrown out of...

May 14, 2014

Shock: Russian Orthodoxy gives drag queen thumbs down

Dear GetReligion readers: Some of you wrote to say that you wanted to know what...

April 2014

April 26, 2014

Was Kabul shooting over religion? Shouldn’t someone ask?

Q: What question has no answer? A: The one you don’t ask. In Thursday's shooting...

April 19, 2014

Shocking news! T.D. Jakes doubts something!

"Replate 1A." That was a favorite dry reaction at my old newspaper whenever someone announced...

April 15, 2014

Politics, sin and serious reporting in La. bayou country

As I've shared before, I spent a few years of my early childhood in West...

April 11, 2014

So who is Stephen Colbert really? Maybe ask a priest?

The Colbert ReportGet More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Indecision Political Humor,Video Archive A decade ago, when...

March 2014

March 26, 2014

Neon Trees rocker says he’s gay — and still Mormon

At some point, coming-out stories about faith-claiming celebrities, musicians, politicians — anyone in the public...

March 12, 2014

Propaganda vs. journalism in PBS Catholic abuse coverage

Good Episcopalian that I am, I am ready to believe the worst about the Catholic...

March 07, 2014

What can we make of the prayers of Oscar Pistorius?

When it comes to famous Bible passages, even those favored by athletes, 1 Corinthians 9:...

February 2014

February 17, 2014

Tears and prayers on camera: Did NBC want the full Oprah?

Anyone who has watched television coverage of tense, painful events has seen it happen. This...

February 14, 2014

Got news? The one and only Caesar of Jewish humor

Remember all of those nasty charges by anti-Semites through the years that The New York...

February 05, 2014

Got news? Can Christian and atheist swap lives for a month?

Half a world away from my Oklahoma home, an experiment just concluded in Australia. An...

February 03, 2014

Tweeting Mohammad

The Mohammad cartoon controversy has resurfaced over the past week with a flutter over a...

January 2014

January 30, 2014

Scoring spiritual points before Super Bowl Sunday

Every year about this time, we face a blitz of profile stories of coaches, athletes,...

January 18, 2014

Pod People: Prayer’s place in science, sports and submission

Where is Jahi McMath, and what is the latest installment of her story? I'm glad...

January 13, 2014

What M.Z. said: Doctor Who vs. Jesus at BuzzFeed?

First things first: Yes, I am a big Doctor Who fan. Thus, I find the...

January 12, 2014

Concerning that strange, lost Sports Illustrated Tebow epic

We are running out of football Sundays in this National Football League season, so I...

January 10, 2014

God, faith, Jahi McMath and church (or not)

I can't remember the last time I became so engrossed in a story. Perhaps it's...

January 08, 2014

Wives, submission, web traffic and Candace Cameron Bure

Candace Cameron Bure, darling of '80s sitcom television, is all grown up. In case you're...

December 2013

December 20, 2013

Duck czar: World-class sinner who has been there, done that

A long, long time ago -- pre-World Wide Web -- I wrote a column for...