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    May 21, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  1. Keeping a watchful eye on IRS

    The popular impression is that President Barack Obama's Internal Revenue Service harassed only tea party and patriot-like groups seeking tax-exempt status. If it were only so. Allegations of IRS harassment of pro-life and religious groups reach as far...

    Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Social Issues, Tea Party Movement, Religion and Belief, Taxation

    2. Apr 30, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Jason Collins and Tim Tebow: Lessons in being true to yourself

    On Monday, two stories captivated the sports world: pro basketball player Jason Collins came out as gay, and the outspoken Christian quarterback Tim Tebow was cut from the New York Jets.  One man belatedly discovered the value in being true to himself,...

    Tags: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Abortion Issue, Minority Groups, New York Jets, Social Issues

    3. Apr 28, 2013 |Story| Daily American

  3. National Day of Prayer Thursday

    The Somerset County National Day of Prayer program will be held Thursday on the steps of the Somerset County Courthouse.  The program will begin at noon and conclude at 1 p.m. There will be a short time of praise and worship beginning at 11:50 a.m....

    Tags: Christianity, Religion and Belief, Anglicanism

    4. Feb 25, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  4. Illinois Catholic couple taking on Obama over contraception mandate

    An Oak Brook health care company and its Roman Catholic owners who don't want to include birth control in their employees' benefits still have no choice, despite exceptions to the contraception mandate proposed by the Obama administration this month.
    An Oak Brook health care company and its Roman Catholic owners who don't want to include birth control in their employees' benefits still have no choice, despite exceptions to the contraception mandate proposed by the Obama administration this month....

    Tags: U.S. Congress, Health and Safety at Work, Roman Catholicism, Social Issues, Women's Health

    5. Mar 26, 2013 | Orlando Sentinel

  5. Focus on the Family leader speaks on same-sex marriage

    <span style="font-size: small;">As the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments over the legality of gay marriage, NPR's Rachel Martin interviewed Jim Daly, head of Focus on the Family about same-sex marriage and Scripture.</span>
    As the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments over the legality of gay marriage, NPR's Rachel Martin interviewed Jim Daly, head of Focus on the Family about same-sex marriage and Scripture. Here are excerpts of what Daly had to say: You know, when we look...

    Tags: Social Issues, Family, U.S. Supreme Court, NPR, Gays and Lesbians

    6. Mar 3, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Mark Burnett and Roma Downey put faith in 'The Bible' for History

    Mark Burnett, one of the most prolific reality-show producers on television, is going from scorched earth to burning bush.
    Mark Burnett, one of the most prolific reality-show producers on television, is going from scorched earth to burning bush. The former military paratrooper who made his name in Hollywood with back-biting, take-no-prisoners programs such as "Survivor,"...

    Tags: TLC (tv network), Marketing, Morocco, Human Interest, Tony Robbins

    7. Feb 10, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  7. God is no Yeti: a rumination on religion

    Several times, reading the comments beneath an online article about religion, I've come upon remarks along the lines of: "Really? A magic being in the sky?" Terry Eagleton, in "Reason, Faith, and Revolution," refers to this pseudo-critique as the Yeti theory of belief in God: The idea that what the religious believe in is some sort of entity in the world for whose existence we have dubious evidence at best. In a review of Richard Dawkins' "The God Delusion," Eagleton puts it this way:
    Several times, reading the comments beneath an online article about religion, I've come upon remarks along the lines of: "Really? A magic being in the sky?" Terry Eagleton, in "Reason, Faith, and Revolution," refers to this pseudo-critique as the Yeti...

    Tags: Science and Technology, Judaism, Tony Blair, Malcolm Gladwell, Belief and Faith

    8. Jan 30, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  8. The gay-rights Bowl

    Super Bowl XLVII is being billed as the Harbaugh Bowl: the battle between brothers Jim and John Harbaugh, head coaches, respectively, of the San Francisco 49ers and the Baltimore Ravens. It also pits two NFL teams connected directly and indirectly to the struggles for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights.
    Super Bowl XLVII is being billed as the Harbaugh Bowl: the battle between brothers Jim and John Harbaugh, head coaches, respectively, of the San Francisco 49ers and the Baltimore Ravens. It also pits two NFL teams connected directly and indirectly to...

    Tags: Donte Whitner, Sports, New Orleans Saints, Scott Fujita, Gays and Lesbians

    9. Jan 5, 2013 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  9. 25 years ago: Pete Maravich's tragic trip to Pasadena

    Pete Maravich came to town 25 years ago, Jan. 5, 1988. No newspaper, local or national, had an obituary prepared. No need, presumably.
    Pete Maravich came to town 25 years ago, Jan. 5, 1988. No newspaper, local or national, had an obituary prepared. No need, presumably. Everything seemed normal that morning in the gymnasium at the First Church of the Nazarene in Pasadena. Maravich had...

    Tags: National Basketball Association, Heart Problems, Boston Celtics, Utah Jazz, Joe DiMaggio

    10. Jan 10, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. For the record

    Animal shelters: A column in the Jan. 5 Section A about the euthanizing of impounded animals said that 50,000 animals are euthanized yearly in Los Angeles city animal shelters. The correct figure is 20,000 euthanized; 50,000 is the number of animals...

    Tags: Environmental Pollution, Water Pollution, Environmental Issues, Conservation

    11. Nov 5, 2012 | Chicago Tribune

  11. Here's one prediction you can take to the bank: In 2016, Focus on the Family will still be spewing paranoid nonsense

    Change of Subject
    In advance of the 2008 election, Focus on the Family released "Letter from 2012 in Obama’s America," warning their followers what life would be like in the fall of 2012 were Barack Obama to be elected. It's both frightening and......
    12. Nov 14, 2012 |Story| Interior Journal

  12. Lincoln native's new book tells story of redemption

    <em>Editor's note: The book signing at Kentucky Soaps and Such is scheduled for Saturday, not Friday as the story originally stated.</em>
    ben@theinteriorjournal.com
    Editor's note: The book signing at Kentucky Soaps and Such is scheduled for Saturday, not Friday as the story originally stated. STANFORD — More than two decades after the last name Greer became infamous in Lincoln County, a descendant from the...

    Tags: Book, Prisons

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