In her new book, former White House speechwriter Peggy Noonan notes the toxic trend in our recent public discourse: "What we need most right now, at this moment, is a kind of patriotic grace ... a grace that takes the...
Seriously. The folks at the Pew Forum on Religious and Public Life just did a slice 'n dice of a poll taken two weeks ago. The question was: Do you think the use of torture against suspected terrorists in order...
As the "first 100 days" reviews of Barack Obama's presidency continue, Dan Gilgoff of U.S. News & World Report has chosen his top 10 faith moments from the new administration....
We noted yesterday the release of a memo from retired Adm. Dennis Blair, the director of national intelligence, that said torture of terrorists had produced "high-value information." Which raised the important moral question of when (not whether) evil done in...
Texas Faith is our weekly discussion of matters of religion, politics, and culture. Read about our panel here. Our question this week spins off of a couple fo recent intersections of faith and politics involving President Barack Obama. At a...
So did the White House demand that religious symbols be covered during President Obama's speech at Georgetown this week? Apparently the answer is yes and no. Yes, the advance people did ask that some religion-specific visuals in the background be...
I dunno where Notre Dame sets up its Commencement exercises, but the backdrop may be significant when Preident Obama gives his speech there. Comes the news that the equally-Catholic Georgetown University covered up at least one bit of religious imagery...
Seriously, what's up with that? The invite to Obama to deliver what is likely to be a news-content-free commencement address at Notre Dame has been roiling these here Internets for weeks. Catholics who object to Obama's policy about abortion say...
"I think he's doing a great job. I'm impressed with his skill, his calmness, his just strength under pressure. These are tough times for him." -- Joel Osteen, Houston megachurch pastor and best-selling author, on President Barack Obama. (He...
"We do not consider ourselves a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation. We consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values." -- President Barack Obama, at a...
Former Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy will join the White House Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, according to Dan Gilgoff of U.S. News & World Report. The advisory panel, still being put together by the Obama administration, will...
That's not exactly what the latest analysis from the folks at the Pew Research Center says. But I think I'm offering a fair paraphrase. See: More than two months into Barack Obama's presidency, as many people incorrectly identify him as...
Kenneth Woodward, the longtime religion editor of Newsweek, a lifelong Catholic and a graduate of the University of Notre Dame, says his alma mater should welcome President Barack Obama with open arms. Obama is to deliver the commencement address at...
Baptist ethicist David Gushee says President Obama is in danger of talking much, delvering little, as far as helping ease the culture wars....
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