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Mary notes an opportunity to vote on gay marriage with Bill Moyers on PBS. To vote, go to the very bottom of the Bill Moyers Page on Culture Wars. Yesterday our local paper, the Houston Chronicle, ran a prominent article about the Creative Commons, an …
ReligionLink features a basic text/links that journalists can use in reporting about Catholics and politics. It was updated in May, before the nomination, but the resources it lists are helpful in understanding the complex and differing views of Catholics about this political race. ReligionLink is …
It is fascinating that an Internet conversation about Bush using a transmitter and earpiece to receive prompts during public appearances and particularly the debates, is now being covered by CNN. It was in every HNN newscast yesterday. The ability of grass-roots conversations to erupt into …
This new political satire video, “It’s Good To Be in DC” is linked by Mary. Sing along and chuckle (’cause crying does no good) at this animation about DC . Also, Paul from ELCA sent me this link to another animation, “Debating for Ratings,” about …
My friend in London, Jane, has just sent me a copy of a new book, “You’ve Got To Have a Dream: The Message of the Musical” by Ian Bradley published by SCM Press this year. The thesis is that musicals are cultural icons of our …
A victory for the community and free speech this past Thursday. Students who sued Diebold Election Systems won their case against the voting machine maker after a judge ruled that the company had misused the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and ordered the company to pay …
On Chicano.org You can vote about who won the debate last night . This is not a scientific sample, and there are only four votes at this time (5 counting mine), but it is a good, healthy internet latin@ involvement at the grassroots. It is …
When I was in Spain and Germany, it was bolstering to my convictions when I saw US politics from across the ocean. Most with whom I spoke fear the US greatly. Others find it is a sign of a lack of morality in the American …
It is interesting that the two Signis Prizes at the San Sebastian Film Festival are both awarded to stories about children who are defenseless in a hostile world. In both films the best in people is evoked by the children. The Grand Prize was awarded …