by Cliff Vaughn | Nov 13, 2001 | Opinion
Iranian authorities have turned the former U.S. embassy in Tehran, Iran “into a combination museum, amusement park and propaganda outlet,” according to the Los Angeles Times. On Nov. 1, several journalists were the first foreigners to visit the compound...
by Cliff Vaughn | Nov 8, 2001 | Opinion
“Change the way you look at the world.” That’s the tagline for K-PAX, a new film starring two-time Academy Award winner Kevin Spacey and multiple Academy Award nominee Jeff Bridges. Spacey plays Prot, a mental patient at the Manhattan Psychiatric...
by Cliff Vaughn | Oct 31, 2001 | Opinion
A communication researcher has found that most religious broadcasters devote almost no time to politics and little to fundraising and promotion. Stephen Winzenburg, communication professor at Grand View College in Des Moines, Iowa, analyzed 22 television ministries...
by Cliff Vaughn | Oct 29, 2001 | Opinion
A widespread e-mail says terrorists will target malls on Halloween, but the FBI, and urban legend trackers, discount the source. The e-mail, titled “Malls on 10/31,” references a “friend’s friend” who “was dating a guy from...
by Cliff Vaughn | Oct 23, 2001 | Opinion
“Jedi Knight” may be a new, though unofficial, religion in the United Kingdom given the number of entries it received on the UK’s 2001 census form, according to news reports. The UK Office of National Statistics (ONS) gave “Jedi Knight”...
