“But it’s freezing outside,” I protested.
“I’m asking you nicely,” he said, not so nicely, as private security personnel took a phalanx position, arms crossed, as if I were about to rush the human barricade, a rioter of one.
On the phone with an editor, who took undue pleasure warning that the Star might not have enough [...]

“We need to be ready to campaign within the next week,” said the note, which was sent to members Thursday.
“Without your help, we may need to cut back on major parts of our campaign plan. That’s why I’m making an urgent appeal today to our most loyal supporters.”
The note from Irving Gerstein, chair of the [...]

Thousands of members of the embattled Prayer Palace congregation cheered on their pastor yesterday as he bragged about his suntan, the support of worshippers and the openness of his administration while one congregant warned, “The devil decided to mess with the wrong church.”
The investigative articles by the Canadian and Florida papers were not about the devil,  [...]

On March 2, 2007, Right Wing News asked 240 pundit bloggers in the US to respond to an 8 question survey.
63 responded.
1) Do you think the surge should go forward?
Yes (61) — 97%
No (2) — 3%
2) Do you think that a majority of Democrats in Congress would like to see us lose in Iraq for [...]

Dennis the Peasant finally got his copy of  (Hog on Ice) Steve H. Graham’s “The Good, the Spam and The Ugly.”
Hilarity erupts in the Peasant review: I’m Sleeping in the Garage. 
Good laughs to start the week.
 

A WELSH folk rock singer has refused to back down in his unlikely transatlantic row with a top American TV evangelist. In one corner is Penarth-born musician Martyn Joseph, who uses his work to highlight causes such as aiding Brazilian landless workers and children made homeless by war.
In the other is American former faith healer [...]

57 young adults are taking the Soulforce Equality 2007 ride. They have been intensely trained in none violence techniques and theology. They are going across the US in two buses to  32 Christian colleges and universities where many of the students have never met someone like them.
The 25 people on the Soulforce West bus ran into trouble their first night in [...]

You are a parent, involved in what your kids are doing and paying close attention to what they consume. You listen to an audio story your 10 year old is listening to and you write the company that produced it because you are concerned about characterizations and plot.
A while back, I overheard my 10-year-old son listening to a Focus on [...]