If the mainstream press has a creed, one of its central tenets is certainly this old truth: All news is local.
Shock: Bishops decide to defend Catholic tradition!
Sun's celebration of brave, pro-gay marriage pastors
One of the big election-day stories in deep-blue, liberal Maryland was the narrow victory for same-sex marriage — especially since the polls were so close going into the final hours.
What should be tweeted via @ThroneOfPeter?
Let’s drop the media criticism for a moment and have a bit of fun (about a topic that is actually pretty serious).
Hurricanes and political storms, near my desk in D.C.
A long time ago (in digital terms), back at the beginning of this here weblog, I sat at my desk in West Palm Beach, Fla., listening to the sound of an oncoming hurricane and thinking about a very practical issue: How does one blog about religion news on a daily basis if the power goes out for, let’s say, a week?
Boooo! One-side story praising Halloween evangelism?
It would be hard to imagine anything more controversial, in the American of 2012, than the concept that certain sinful lifestyle behaviors can lead to people being condemned by God to spend eternity in hell. For starters, this would mean that the word “sin” can be applied to behaviors other than those judged intolerant by the editorial page board at The New York Times.
The Sun mourns death of a liberal priest
It’s a question that journalists debate from time to time in major newsrooms: To what degree are obituaries news stories?