Monthly Archives: June 2010

by Jennifer Hahn The wait is almost over. On Wednesday, the third movie installment of the Twilight saga, “Eclipse,” will light up silver screens and fan faces across the country. The media—tabloid and reputable sources alike—have followed this event with … Continue reading →

by Courtney Bender On the morning of June 15, Americans woke up to the surprising story that “Touchdown Jesus” – or, as some called it, the “Big Butter Jesus” – a six-story Styrofoam sculpture along an interstate in Ohio, had … Continue reading →

As friendly fire rained down on a handful of Army Rangers trapped on a desolate Afghan mountain, Corporal Pat Tillman heard one of his comrades begging God to save him. Tillman, a former NFL player who was the most famous … Continue reading →

by Ali Mir Islamist, orthodox, jihadist, conservative, Islamism, hardliner, Moslem, extremist, insurgent, fundamentalist, freedom fighter, infidel, moderate, liberal, progressive…blah, blah, blah. All of these words mean nothing and everything at the same time—a testament to the power and mutability of … Continue reading →

Before Israel's punitive attack on the Gaza aid flotilla, Haneen Zoabi was a little-known Arab-Israeli member of the Knesset. But her presence on the Mavi Marmara, the flotilla's lead ship and site of the raid that left nine activists dead … Continue reading →

by Andrea Tabor During a trip to New Orleans in 2008, I heard lots of stories about Christian relief workers who descended on the city in the wake of Katrina. The “church ladies” came by bus, by plane, by car—into … Continue reading →

by Don Lattin Northern California's latest attempt to re-invent journalism, the Bay Citizen, went on-line May 26, and as someone who covered the Godbeat in that neighborhood for 25 years, I was happy to see an entertaining religion story prominently … Continue reading →

by Gordon Lynch Beyond the raw facts of the bruised and bloodied bodies, and the grief of those mourning the loss of loved ones, the unfolding story of the Israeli navy's assault on the Gaza aid flotilla has wider symbolic … Continue reading →

by Rhonda Roumani Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the author of Infidel and a staunch critic of Islam, is back on the interviewing circuit with a new book titled Nomad: from Islam to America. Few people send the blood pressure of Muslims … Continue reading →