Tom Feran
Tom Feran is an author at Religion News Service.
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NEWS ANALYSIS: Does truth even matter anymore?
By Tom Feran — October 9, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Distortions, stretches, half-truths and omissions are familiar features of political campaigns. But independent fact-checkers and analysts say that outright falsehoods in candidates’ ads may be reaching a level not seen since TV commercials entered presidential politics more than a half-century ago. It is happening, they say, because false advertising […]
Book looks to bring Muslim holiday to the mainstream
By Tom Feran — December 19, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service CLEVELAND _ The biggest holiday of the Muslim year, Eid al-Adha, begins on Dec. 19 (Wednesday) this year. Its proximity to Christmas happens only once every three decades because Muslims use a lunar calendar. For Ohio author Asma Mobin-Uddin, it’s a sweet coincidence that might bring wider interest and readership […]
COMMENTARY: It’s the End of the World As We Know It. Or Not.
By Tom Feran — October 7, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) I was working on the news desk when Afghanistan was invaded. A couple of copy editors started talking very seriously and very gloomily about “end times.” They speculated that various events might be signs or evidence that our warranty had run out. One of them said he’d sure like […]
COMMENTARY: If Prayer Won’t Steer the Storm, Send Cash
By Tom Feran — September 8, 2005
c. 2005 Religoion News Service (UNDATED) The woman, not young, stood at a cash register in a local bookstore Wednesday and pointed at the front page of the newspaper she was buying. “I’m worried about this,” she said. “Yeah, it’s terrible,” the clerk said, meaning everything in New Orleans. “Well,” the woman said, paying for […]
COMMENTARY: List of 100 American Heroes Shows How Far We’ve Fallen
By Tom Feran — June 16, 2005
c. 2005 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Is this a great country or what? Hold on _ don’t answer that. Not yet. Once you’ve checked the list of the 100 greatest Americans of all time, “or what” will look like a better answer than you thought. If you can judge a nation by its heroes, and […]
COMMENTARY: Commandments Not Written in Stone
By Tom Feran — January 1, 2003
c. 2003 Religion News Service (UNDATED) There’s one little problem with the Ten Commandments that Roy Moore, chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, has been fighting to keep in the lobby of the state judicial building in Montgomery. The commandments aren’t numbered on the 21/2-ton, jukebox-size granite monument that Moore moved secretly into the […]
COMMENTARY: Commandments Not Written in Stone
By Tom Feran — January 1, 2003
c. 2003 Religion News Service (UNDATED) There’s one little problem with the Ten Commandments that Roy Moore, chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, has been fighting to keep in the lobby of the state judicial building in Montgomery. The commandments aren’t numbered on the 21/2-ton, jukebox-size granite monument that Moore moved secretly into the […]
NEWS FEATURE: The Good Book As Cookbook
By Tom Feran — January 1, 2003
c. 2003 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Different people find different things in the Bible. Tom Ciola found a recipe. For snack food. The directions weren’t precise, he admits. Coming up with the right formula, which added a few organic ingredients for taste and texture, was “quite a challenge.” But through trial and error, and with […]
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