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July 2014

July 03, 2014

Big news report card: Hobby Lobby and contraceptives

One of the big misconceptions about the Hobby Lobby case (with apologies to Conestoga Wood Specialties)...

May 2014

May 09, 2014

AP’s one-sided report on teaching Bible in public schools

Gotcha! That's the distinct tone of an Associated Press story out this week (just three weeks...

February 2014

February 24, 2014

To the barricades! It’s the religious conservatives again!

The reliably liberal New York Times has waved yet another red flag, thinly masked as...

February 20, 2014

Pod people: Local vs. national press on religious liberty

Proposed religious liberty exemptions for wedding vendors — such as bakers, florists and photographers —...

August 2013

August 02, 2013

WPost: Virginia law highlights stupidity of home-schooling

This is the headline that ran on a 2,500-word Washington Post story Sunday: Student's home-schooling highlights...

May 2013

May 07, 2013

So, what do Southern Baptists have to do to get some ink?

A couple of years ago the Southern Baptist Convention explored the option of changing their...

January 2013

January 17, 2013

Sydney Morning Herald has a problem with religious freedom

It is only two weeks into the new year, but I believe we may have...

December 2012

December 14, 2012

Got news? Judge ‘mocks’ Obama’s religious-liberty move

The most control the media have in the news process is determining what stories get...

November 2012

November 19, 2012

Tough to understand Tufts evangelicals

The Boston Globe reported last week on an evangelical student group at Tufts University facing...

November 02, 2012

Catholic bishops’ not-so-partisan partisan crusade

The Washington Post ran a piece from Religion News Service with the headline: Catholic bishops...

October 2012

October 23, 2012

Jeers, not cheers, for latest cheerleader story

Ready? OK! In the midst of the Religion Newswriters Association annual meeting earlier this month,...

October 15, 2012

Why didn’t Catholic bishops call Biden out by name?

I'm on the road right now, in Montana, and haven't had a chance to catch...