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Fun Friday: What GOP Hopefuls & NY Middle Schoolers Have in Common
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Nicole Neroulias
Six GOP presidential hopefuls schlepped for votes Wednesday at a candidates forum hosted by the Republican Jewish Coalition (insert your own SNL Coffee Talk joke here). Background notes: Jews make up less than 2 percent of the U.S. population and vote overwhelmingly Democrat. But Republicans see opportunities to make inroads by appealing to socially conservative Orthodox Jewish voters and…
Hurricane Irene, Earthquake and Other Disasters: Blessing or Warning from God?
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Nicole Neroulias
Hurricane Irene may not have wreaked quite as much destruction as initially feared — my family and friends are all OK, if a bit waterlogged and powerless, but that’s typical after any big storm in the New York suburbs — but let’s remember that we all briefly breathed a sigh of relief when Hurricane Katrina…
Fun Friday: What to Ask Republican Presidential Candidates, And What Not to Wear to Church
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Nicole Neroulias
I dearly love the premise of GetReligion, a blog that points out weaknesses in the mainstream media’s coverage of faith-related issues, but I do get annoyed at its conservative Christian perspective at times. For example, all the pearl-clutching over Bill Keller’s recent New York Times column, which made the point that since religion plays such…
Back to the USA & Catching Up on Faith News: Your Picks?
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Nicole Neroulias
Happy birthday, America! It’s nice to be back in time for the Independence Day fireworks, though my dog is not so thrilled. Check back tomorrow for a roundup of July 4-related faith news links. In the meantime, how’s this for a 21st century problem: do you check work email (and headlines, in my case) while…
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