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✴︎ Newsweek
War Over Ground Zero
A proposed mosque tests the limits of American tolerance. They have almost everything in common, including the tragedy that defines their lives. Both women were born in the Bronx and educated in Catholic schools. They married and raised kids of their own in the boroughs that circle Manhattan; as parents, they—like most of us—fought too
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✴︎ Newsweek
No Atheists in Foxholes
And other myths of the recession. Every day, the economist Daniel Hungerman looks at the graph that hangs above his desk at the University of Notre Dame. One jagged line goes down and up. This is America’s gross domestic product since 1972. Another jagged line goes up and down. This is the religiosity of Americans
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✴︎ Newsweek
The Cost of Being Jewish
How the recession affects religion. It sounds like a Catskills-era joke with a Jewish lawyer in the punchline, but among Jewish leaders it’s deadly serious. Why does it cost so much to be Jewish? At a time when American families are tightening household budgets, does it really make sense to continue to charge thousands of
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✴︎ Newsweek
Belgium Bucks the Vatican
The Vatican has clearly stated that when investigating cases of sex abuse, “civil law concerning the reporting of crimes to the appropriate authorities should always be followed.” History shows, however, that such cooperation is not always the norm. For more than a thousand years in Europe, church and state were rarely separate. The Vatican has
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The Very Rev. Samuel T. Lloyd III Interviews Lisa at the National Cathedral
On Sunday, June 20, 2010, in Washington, D.C., Dean of the National Cathedral, the Very Rev. Samuel T. Lloyd III interviewed Lisa for the “Critical Issues in the Light of Faith” forum series. Video and audio (MP3) can be found on the National Cathedral website audio video We will try to post a local mirror
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Newsweek Cover Story: Sarah Palin Doesn’t Like It, Didn’t Read It
On June 15, 2010, Sarah Palin appeared on Fox News “On the Record” with Greta Van Susteren to respond to Lisa’s cover story. Ms. Palin says that she didn’t read the story, but didn’t like it and thought that it wasn’t relevant. She also took the opportunity to deny that she has breast implants. Watch
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The O’Reilly Factor’s Bill O’Reilly Interviews Lisa On Sarah Palin
On June 15, 2010, Bill O’Reilly, host of the “O’Reilly Factor,” interviewed Lisa about her Newsweek cover story on Sarah Palin. Watch the video on YouTube, Fox News, or view on the FoxNews.com websiteWatch the latest news video at <a href=”http://video.foxnews.com/”>video.foxnews.com</a> Here’s the transcript (courtesy of FoxNews.com): InterviewIs Newsweek’s ‘Saint Sarah’ Cover Story Mocking or Praising
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Coast To Coast AM’s Ian Punnett Interviews Lisa
On June 6, 2010, Coast-to-Coast AM’s Ian Punnett interviewed Lisa about Heaven and the Bible from 2am to 5am. Three hours of early morning radio. Welcome to all the night owls who tuned in. We’ll try to get a local mirror of the podcast for those who missed it. Coast-To-Coast AM
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Does the BP Oil Spill Herald the Apocalypse?
A growing conversation among Christian fundamentalists asks the question that may have been inevitable: is the oil spill in the gulf a sign of the coming apocalypse? About 60 million white evangelicals live in America, and about one third of them believe that the world will end in their lifetime, according to the Pew Research