Monthly Archives: August 2010

by Rhonda Roumani Amid the ongoing drama around Park51 and Glenn Beck's stagey MLK moment at the Lincoln Memorial, you may have missed New Gingrich's recent address at the American Enterprise Institute. The former Speaker of the House subtly played … Continue reading →

by Dalia Hashad While the news media have been covering (and often stoking) the drama around Park51, the proposed Islamic cultural center in lower Manhattan, a peculiar revisionist narrative keeps popping up: George W. Bush as a defender of Muslims. … Continue reading →

by J. Terry Todd New York City's Fringe International Festival is a two-week extravaganza of experimental theater held annually during the last two weeks of August. Now in its 14th year, the Festival serves up everything from drag performance to … Continue reading →

William Dalyrmple's opinion piece on the Islamic cultural center slated to be built near the site of the Twin Towers should put journalists and fellow travelers (that is, all of us) to shame. “Many of us are perfectly capable of … Continue reading →

by Andrea Tabor Women's longboard champion Joy Monahan isn't endorsing swimwear or board wax. In her latest promotional spot, she's selling Mormonism. Last week, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints launched a commercial campaign with one simple mission: … Continue reading →

by Richard Flory & Brie Loskota The sky is falling and apparently it's taking organized religion with it. That's the take-away message in a recent Los Angeles Times opinion piece by William Lobdell. Starting with novelist Anne Rice's defection from … Continue reading →

by Nick Street The conflict narrative that often shapes reporting on religion and public life is readily apparent in current coverage of a pair of live-wire stories: the recent ruling against the constitutionality of California's Proposition 8 and the announcement … Continue reading →

As if we really needed a reminder, a recent Pew study confirms that over the past decade the surge in new media has caused the old economic foundations of journalism to crumble, even as the call for consumable content has … Continue reading →