Legal Issues
Soldier alleges military pattern of Christian bias (AP)
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - An atheist soldier suing over prayers at military formations claims a larger pattern of religious discrimination exists…
2008
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Current Events
ECONOMICS: Depression Hits Detroit: Average home price $18,513 – Unemployment rate 21% (Tribble Ad Agency)
The Great Depression has reached Detroit. The average price of a home is now $18,513 and unemployment has reached 21%, and it's expected to…
Current Events
US Army ready if the downturn gets out of hand (NY Post)
In a report published Nov. 4 - just in time for the holiday season - the War College's Strategic Studies Institute posited a number of shock…
Top Story
LITERATURE – “The War Prayer” by Mark Twain
The country was up in arms, the war was on, in every breast burned the holy fire of patriotism; the drums were beating, the bands playing, t…
Current Events
Choice of Warren for inaugural magnifies role of U.S. ‘civic religion’ (DC Examiner)
". . . the selection of Warren is the selection of a man in a faith tradition more in the face of what scholars call American “civic religio…
Asides
Benjamin Franklin on Conscience
“A good conscience is a continual Christmas.” – Benjamin Franklin “How many observe Christ’s birthday! How few…
Current Events
Catholic leader sought Mormon help on Prop 8 (Salt Lake Tribune)
It's the first time the archbishop has commented on how churches organized to help push through the initiative, which overturned the Califor…
Religion
How secular newsrooms handle stories with a religious component (Wall Street Journal)
In "Blind Spot: When Journalists Don't Get Religion" -- a collection of essays that he edited with Lela Gilbert and Roberta Green Ahmanson -…
Human Life
A World Enslaved – There are now more slaves on the planet than at any time in human history (Foreign Policy)
Most people imagine that slavery died in the 19th century. Since 1817, more than a dozen international conventions have been signed banning…