Ordinarily, I’d say that any excuse to put Anne Hathaway’s picture on my blog is a good one. But there actually is a good reason for it: her ex-boyfriend is in big trouble, for claiming close connections to the Vatican: Italian businessman Raffaello Follieri, who recently split from long-time girlfriend actress Anne Hathaway, was arrested…

In the unlikeliest of places — the New York Times — they had a story today about the unlikeliest of best-sellers, a Christian novel about God’s love. Take a look: Eckhart Tolle may have Oprah Winfrey, but “The Shack” has people like Caleb Nowak. Mr. Nowak, a maintenance worker near Yakima, Wash., first bought a…

Around the newsroom today, more than a few people have said, “You know, his last HBO special wasn’t that good. He was pretty angry and bitter at the end.” But to appreciate George Carlin and his talent, look no further than this classic routine from nearly two decades ago, comparing two great sports. As my…

Those busy people at the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life have released more details of their ongoing study of what we Americans believe. Seems that we believe what we know — but what we know may not be very much. Here’s the scoop: America remains a deeply religious nation, but a new survey…

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