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Patrick Smith of Salon’s fabulous “Ask the Pilot” column is always writing about topics that help me deal with my irrational fear of flying. Today he delighted me by wandering into religious [...]

It’s Friday!  ‘Nuff said.  Here’s your news: Sarah Palin tries to recast herself as Abe Lincoln.  I’m not buying the beard and top hat routine.  [Boston Globe] A Palin [...]

Last night, as I was watching ABC’s Charlie Gibson interview Gov. Sarah Palin and restraining myself from throwing anything too heavy at my T.V., I wondered just how dumb, exactly, the [...]

The Chicago Tribune has an excellent article about how the Muslim-American community is taking stock of their faith today, 9-11-08. That negative image of Islam—reflected in the Internet rumors [...]

In Today’s News: Carl Rove: the life of the party…faithful. [New Yorker] New kids on the born-again block? [Economist] McCain’s superstar running-mate Sarah Palin is on the [...]

In Today’s News: New faces join familiar company on the latest Fundamentalist. Guess who’s joined the party. [American Prospect] Sarah Palin’s seen as an asset in winning the [...]

That crafty Mike Huckabee is at it again.  Remember the mysterious cross from his Christmas TV commercial?  Here’s another puzzler from the former Republican presidential candidate, [...]

Goes to the Associated Press for this story: “Group dangles $50K for Jews who move to Ala. town”  Don’t adjust your computer monitors, you read that correctly. Larry Blumberg is [...]

In Today’s News: Everyone’s still talking about religion and Sarah Palin. The Religious Right says McCain must embrace Palin’s beliefs.  [Dallas Morning News; CNN] A group of [...]

Are you a polling junkie like me?  (Checking the polls for longer than four hours could result in a serious medical condition, so please notify your doctor.) So long as you only read the polls in [...]