by Bob Allen | Dec 8, 2006 | News
Sen. John McCain has reportedly chosen the man behind the infamous “bimbo” ad–criticized as race-baiting in the recent Tennessee Senate race–to be his campaign manager if he decides to run for president. Media outlets including the Washington...
by Bob Allen | Dec 7, 2006 | News
A Christian family organization usually opposed to violent video games for children apparently has no problem with a recently released game based on the best-selling “Left Behind” novels and movies that critics say celebrates religiously induced violence....
by Bob Allen | Dec 6, 2006 | News
Emergent church leader Mark Driscoll apologized for comments on the fall of former National Association of Evangelicals head Ted Haggard, saying they were misconstrued and he never meant to blame Haggard’s wife for his transgresssion. In November, amid...
by Bob Allen | Dec 6, 2006 | News
An Iraq Study Group mandated by Congress on Wednesday called for a new United States strategy in Iraq, calling for broader diplomatic efforts, more emphasis on training of Iraqi troops and withdrawing combat troops by as early as 2008. “The situation in Iraq is...
by Bob Allen | Dec 5, 2006 | News
Unless you are Jimmy Buffett, Sissy Spacek or Karl Rove, Dec. 25 is probably not your birthday, but it’s no secret to anyone that consumerism is rife this time of year. A philanthropic Web site, CoolPeopleCare.org, has launched a “Christmas is Not Your...
by Bob Allen | Dec 4, 2006 | News
Graphic novels, which use comic-book like graphics and dialogue balloons to address sometimes adult themes, are the latest front in what has been called the library wars. The Marshall Public Library in central Missouri recently pulled two such books from shelves...
