Opinion
Wow
By Mark Silk — October 30, 2008
This is an ad that will live in infamy. And Campbell Brown’s commentary deserves to be remembered too.
Marriage in the Land of Steady Habits
By Mark Silk — October 30, 2008
On Tuesday, CT voters get to decide if the state should hold its first constitutional convention in 40 years–the fond hope of those who would like to do away with same-sex marriage, as recently mandated by the state supreme court. And indeed, according to a new Hartford Courant poll, the voters seem to want to […]
Bishops take note
By Mark Silk — October 30, 2008
According to the latest Le Moyne/Zogby poll of Catholic attitudes, barely 13 percent of Catholics who agree with their church’s position on abortion say they would be unlikely to vote for a candidate who disagrees with them. Correction: Make that 13 percent of all Catholics say they would be unlikely to vote for a candidate […]
Evangelical Hoosiers
By Mark Silk — October 30, 2008
The race in Indiana is tied at 45 each, according to a new Indianapolis Star poll. In this usually dependable red state, it is not good news for McCain that evangelicals are supporting him by less than 2-1 (57-33). In 2004, they backed Bush 77-22. Bush won Indiana by 21 points, 60-39. Evangelicals constitute 35 […]
The Obama-Khalidi Kerfuffle
By Mark Silk — October 30, 2008
My colleague Ron Kiener explodes the latest McCain-Palin scare tactic over at his blog, Bingoprof. Check it out.
COMMENTARY: Helping us to help God
By Cathleen Falsani — October 30, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service CHICAGO _ A few hours before the bodies of singer Jennifer Hudson’s murdered mother and brother were discovered on the city’s South Side last Friday (Oct. 24), across town one of the world’s greatest peacemakers began his remarks at the Hotel Intercontinental by addressing head-on Chicago’s daunting problem with violent […]
COMMENTARY: Helping us help God
By Cathleen Falsani — October 30, 2008
CHICAGO-A few hours before the bodies of singer Jennifer Hudson’s murdered mother and brother were discovered on Chicago’s South Side, Archbishop Desmond Tutu gave an address titled “The Dawn of a New Moral Awakening.” Tutu came to Chicago to speak the truth to power-to prophesy about what could be, as opposed to what is. (Cathleen […]
Muslim Praise for Obama-Taliban Parley
By cmcmorri — October 30, 2008
Obama told Time‘s Joe Klein of that he is in favor of negotiating with the Taliban. General Petraeus agrees. This statement has prompted an elated response from blogger Mujahideen Ryder:”This is extremely good news, and makes me want to shout at all the Muslims in Texas, Virginia, Ohio, Florida and any other strong Republican states […]
Bifurcated Evangelicals
By Mark Silk — October 29, 2008
According to Quinnipiac’s latest, white evangelicals break 72-21 for McCain in FL, but 61-33 and 62-31 in OH and PA respectively. Helps explain why Obama’s up by 9 and 12 points in the latter states, but only by 2 in the former, doesn’t it?
COMMENTARY: Preparing for the morning after
By Tom Ehrich — October 29, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service (UNDATED) I am eager to vote on Nov. 4. In my mind, this is the most important national election since 1860. I hope you are eager to vote, too. It is our duty as citizens to participate in the free speech and free elections that define our democracy. If we […]
At least they have Lieberman
By Mark Silk — October 29, 2008
There’s been plenty of anti-Obama sludge sluiced at the Jewish community over the past few weeks, including by the Republican Jewish Coalition. It doesn’t seem to be having any effect, however. Quinnipiac’s latest Florida poll has the Jews breaking 75-20 for Obama. Looks like another teeth-grinding year for those conservative gedoylim and their neocon cupbearers.
No Mules for Sister Sarah
By Mark Silk — October 29, 2008
I’ve been reviewing Mitt Romney’s campaign for a paper John Green and I are giving on Romney and the evangelicals at the upcoming annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion in Chicago, and was reminded that, in fact, a lot of old dogs of the religious right were geared up to have Romney as […]
Trick or Treat
By cmcmorri — October 29, 2008
It’s been a while since all the Jeremiah Wright commotion. This is a last minute release by The National Republican Trust PAC. Apparently it will cost the PAC somewhere between 1-3 million dollars to air it. Brody suggests the moment’s too far gone now for the video to have much impact and that if McCain […]
COMMENTARY: Preparing for the morning after
By Tom Ehrich — October 29, 2008
Many citizens will be deeply disappointed by the outcome of next week’s elections and will need a healthy way to express their disappointment. In the days to come, we will need a big dose of this love. Too many ugly genies of hatred have been loosed from too many bottles. We Christians must lead the […]
The Apocalypse
By Mark Silk — October 28, 2008
News that the Christian Science Monitor is killing off its print edition put me in mind of a story my late father used to tell. It was just after World War II, and freshly demobilized from the Army he was traveling around war-torn (as they said) Europe stringing for the Monitor. He had a purple […]
