Commentary

Benny Gets an A, Kenny Gets an F

John Bloom — Mon, 7 Jul 2008 21:05:30 -0500

The big surprise from the Grassley Six progress report yesterday was that Benny Hinn–not known as the most transparent guy in the world--decided to step up and give the senator what he wanted.

Senator Chuck Grassley, ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, released an extensive statement revealing, among other things, that he had never heard of the “prosperity gospel” until he started this oversight investigation last November

Bo Diddley on The Bible

Bob Gersztyn — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:55:06 -0500

“It’s Like a Map That You Get From Here to Chicago”

Joe Bob Parties With the Atheists

Joe Bob Briggs — Fri, 30 May 2008 15:02:08 -0500

The biggest security guard I’ve ever seen in my life–this guy could work for Blackwater, and he’s got the coiled listening device spilling out of his left ear to prove it–has parked his burly self squarely in front of me, making it clear that I’d best slink back against the wall while the Rock Star of Atheism makes her entrance and a hundred entranced admirers take a collective breath, not quite believing they’re in her presence.

Jeremiah Overboard

John Bloom — Thu, 1 May 2008 10:17:10 -0500

Did I just see what I think I saw?

Did the media tell Barack Obama, “If you’ll denounce and disavow your pastor, we’ll let you continue running for President”?

I have two questions, one for the press, one for Obama.

First the press:

What happened to the Mitt Romney Agreement?

Jeremiah Wright 1, Sound Bite 0

Kevin — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:34 -0500

Since when do you have “amens” at the National Press Club? Apparently when Jeremiah Wright is the speaker!

I once knew a city editor in Philadelphia who would say “amen” to a dry Rob Roy at 2 in the afternoon, which is the closest anyone ever came to exuberance in the newsrooms of my youth. But anybody who watched any cable this past weekend could be forgiven for thinking that Rupert Murdoch just launched a new Jeremiah Wright Channel,

Peace Then, Peace Now, and Real Peace

Kevin — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:02:43 -0500

By Bob Gersztyn

Easter marked the fifty-year anniversary of the peace symbol. It was first unveiled by British artist Gerald Holtom during a march from Trafalgar Square to Canterbury Cathedral in early April 1958, but it would be another decade before the crow’s-foot symbol (or “sign of the American chicken,” as the John Birchers used to call it) crossed the ocean to become the predominant symbol of the anti-war movement.

Hillary Clinton Kills All Voters in Remaining Primary States

Michael — Tue, 1 Apr 2008 22:17:56 -0500

Asheville, N.C. — Hillary Clinton bolted from a political briefing in her hotel room late last night, snatched a gun from one of her Secret Service bodyguards, and went on a shooting rampage

The World In Fits Over Fitna

Michael — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:00:36 -0500

Having spent some time around the movie business, I can attest that the most dreaded words you can hear are normally “Will you watch my short film?”

Britney Spears Must Be Saved

Michael — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:52:52 -0500

(From the private email files of Thomas Nelson Publishing)

By Joe Bob Briggs

Blessed Are The Swishy

Michael — Thu, 6 Mar 2008 22:13:32 -0600

(From the Pastoral Notes of Barack Obama)

By Joe Bob Briggs