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Who Is the Real McCain?
Seeded on Thu Jun 8, 2006 9:00 PM EDT (alternet.org)
It's fascinating to watch the media when it affixes a label or otherwise assigns an identity to a politician and, whether true or not, it goes on to become the prevailing conventional wisdom.
One nation, under God -- or not
Seeded on Tue Jun 6, 2006 3:34 PM EDT (sfgate.com)
For most of the 20th century, the main debate over religion was whether it was merely dying or already dead. From Descartes to Darwin, the purveyors of Enlightenment rationalism and the scientific method had inflicted critical wounds.
Virginity pledgers often dishonest about past
Seeded on Tue Jun 6, 2006 3:27 PM EDT (news.yahoo.com)
Teenagers who take pledges to remain virgins until marriage are likely to deny having taken the pledge if they later become sexually active. Conversely, those who were sexual active before taking the pledge frequency deny their sexual history, according to new study findings.
Bankruptcy Law in Shambles
Seeded on Tue Jun 6, 2006 3:23 PM EDT (inthesetimes.com)
What happens when the credit card industry writes congressional legislation? According to the judges who have to enforce it, anarchy.
Op-Ed: America's Fading Glow
Seeded on Tue Jun 6, 2006 3:17 PM EDT (tompaine.com)
“Power,” Harvard Professor Joseph Nye, Jr. tells us “is the ability to alter the behavior of others to get what you want.
When faithful flee
Seeded on Tue Jun 6, 2006 3:12 PM EDT (philly.com)
In Europe, anger and disenchantment lead many Catholics to seek spirituality on their own terms. Here and across the country, many who leave do not join other churches.
GOP buttons on their shirts and faith on their sleeves
Seeded on Mon Jun 5, 2006 1:41 AM EDT (dallasnews.com)
SAN ANTONIO – Lt. Col. Brian Birdwell offered a greeting to delegates to the Republican convention.
History of Single Life
Seeded on Sun Jun 4, 2006 1:36 PM EDT (nerve.com)
Strange as it may seem, the idea that sex is a "private" act is only a couple of centuries old. Medieval castles had only one bedroom and one bed — the private factory of the lord and lady for manufacturing heirs.
Colbert Tells College Graduates: Get Your Own TV Show
Seeded on Sun Jun 4, 2006 1:18 PM EDT (editorandpublisher.com)
At the close of his commencement speech before 250 graduates (and 4000 others) at tiny Knox College in Galesburg, Ill. on Saturday, satirist Stephen Colbert left them with a piece of advise: Get your own TV show.
Court Rejects Evangelical Prison Plan Over State Aid
Seeded on Sun Jun 4, 2006 1:15 PM EDT (nytimes.com)
A federal judge in Iowa ruled Friday that a state-financed evangelical Christian program to help inmates re-enter society was "pervasively sectarian" and violated the separation of church and state.
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