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October 2012

October 12, 2012

Yes, you can ask tough questions of pro-choice candidates

Last night was the only Vice Presidential debate we'll get in this cycle. Almost all...

October 11, 2012

Baylor grad pushes app for cheaters?

A long, long time ago, I was a journalism major at Baylor University, which, as...

October 09, 2012

About that Archbishop Nienstedt conversion quote (updated)

It's time for another update from the "framing religion as politics" beat, care of The...

October 07, 2012

Got news? ‘Pro-choice terrorist’ pleads guilty

Among the many tragedies of the polarization over abortion is the fringe figures on both...

October 02, 2012

Ghosts appear when IKEA disappears women

What's the world coming from if you can't cater to Saudia Arabian consumers by airbrushing...

September 2012

September 28, 2012

Meanwhile, back at AP’s sausage factory

On Thursday, I highlighted a fine piece of journalism produced by The Associated Press' filet...

September 21, 2012

Imagine this: Another unbalanced Post LGBT piece

Oh well, here we go again. I realize, at this point, that I am severely...

September 20, 2012

LATimes on Chick-fil-A: Where’s the journalism?

A long, long, time ago -- almost a decade, in fact -- there was a...

September 18, 2012

Sacrificing journalism on altar of gay advocacy

A few weeks ago, departing New York Times public editor Arthur Brisbane said something everybody...

September 14, 2012

What did those N’awlins preachers shout?

First, a word from the editor. In recent weeks, I have been tossing out roughly...

September 12, 2012

NPR ‘smear job’ on Catholic university?

A regular GetReligion reader alerted us to an NPR "smear job" — as he described...

September 07, 2012

Sex and the Single Indian

The BBC's inability to comprehend religion is not a new story at GetReligion. Often as...

September 04, 2012

Shocking words from an elderly Catholic priest

Anyone who follows the Catholic blogosphere knows that there was a major explosion last week...

September 01, 2012

Michelle Obama as political art

Is this Spanish news magazine cover of Michelle Obama art or porn? Is it racist...

August 2012

August 29, 2012

Guilt, grief and God: a gay son’s suicide

About that high-profile claim that a political and cultural progressivism "literally bleeds through the fabric"...

August 28, 2012

Women who support Akin’s rape claims? Not really

One of the best strategies journalists can use when dealing with religious people -- especially...

August 27, 2012

So what’s the problem in Maryland pews?

Whenever you read one of those reflective essays on how The New York Times serves...

August 25, 2012

Pod People: Romney, abstinent New Yorkers and (almost) Randy Travis

On the latest Issues, Etc. podcast, host Todd Wilken and I discuss my recent post on...

August 23, 2012

Endangered species: abstinent New Yorkers

On this week's episode of Mutual of Omaha's "Wild Kingdom," we'll take you inside the world...

August 17, 2012

Tebow at home (in church) in the Big Apple?

You know that you have moved into true Bible Belt territory when the locals start...