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Presidents matter. Popes, not so much.

March 12, 2013 by Dave Knadler

Of all the stories in the news today, the least interesting has to be this gathering of cardinals to pick a new pope. And yet there it is, topping all the news sites. The media love this stuff, the red robes and the chimney and the white smoke. It’s all about stagecraft. You’d think […]

Filed Under: Other Stuff, religion

There will be blood

September 13, 2012 by Dave Knadler

I guess I can understand why certain people so enjoy stirring up Muslim outrage. It’s just so easy to do. You can write a so-so book, or run a hateful little church, or make the crappiest $5 million video in the world — as long as you cast a Muhammad character in a less-than-worshipful […]

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No end to selective outrage

May 16, 2012 by Dave Knadler

kathleen sebelius

Those crazy clerics and their crazy hats. The things they get ruffled about, and the things they don’t. Apparently, they’re not going to give this contraception-coverage thing a rest. Here’s Washington’s Catholic archbishop shocked all to pieces because the head of Georgetown University has asked Kathleen Sebelius to be among the commencement speakers. Sebelius, […]

Filed Under: Other Stuff, religion

It’s not about contraception

February 10, 2012 by Dave Knadler

I'm kind of late weighing in on this dispute over contraceptives. As usual, it’s because I don’t fully understand it. It seems to me that since nearly all Catholic women already use birth control at some time or another, those Catholic bishops might be most concerned with their own ineffective preaching. If you’re beating a […]

Filed Under: politics, religion

Anna of the two religions

April 3, 2009 by Dave Knadler

Turns out even the Episcopal Church, widely known for its tolerance and understanding, can get a little impatient when its ministers can’t make up their minds about the religion thing. Just ask the Rev. Anna Holmes Redding. She’s been with the church for 30 years. When she converted to Islam and accepted Muhammad as […]

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