Archive for July, 2007
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Thursday, July 26th, 2007The Guardian reports on U.S. students graduating from the Latin American School of Medicine.
The Guardian reports this morning on the graduation of eight U.S. medical students from the Latin America School of Medicine, a creation of Fidel Castro on the outskirts of Havana. The Cuban medical system is one of the [...]
The New Sanctuary Movement
Thursday, July 19th, 2007TIME reports on the new sanctuary movement.
We are taught
to follow
Jesus
and risk
transformation
–and risk
changing
the status
quo.
–Bishop Beverly Shamana
Hospitality and welcoming the stranger are central to the three Abrahamic faiths: Christianity, Judaism and Islam. TIME reports on faith groups offering sanctuary and experiencing renewed energy despite controversy about immigration in the U.S. Mainline communions have a long history of [...]
TIME’s Fifty Best Websites
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007TIME Magazine’s fifty best websites.
Stumble Upon includes TIME magazine’s list of fifty best websites. It’s a fascinating collection. Blip TV is one of the fifty. Blip aggregates video. If you haven’t seen Goodnight Burbank, a satirical look at a news program, it’s as good as any satire on the screen.
Oh Don’t Forget is [...]
Hospital Chaplain Profile
Tuesday, July 17th, 2007A profile of hospital chaplain the Rev. Margaret A. Muncie offers a glimpse into the difficult work of chaplaincy and also offers an example of good feature reporting on religion.
A profile of the Rev. Margaret A. Muncie, chaplain at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital in New York, by Jan Hoffman in the New York Times is [...]
Sloppy Headlines and other journalistic flaws
Tuesday, July 17th, 2007Christine Gorman on Health Media Watch blog offers some constructive criticism about media and health writing.
I’ve written a fair share of criticism about the media in this blog. I think the issue of sloppiness–my own first and others secondarily–ought to be challenged. Especially in our media environment where messages travel around the world [...]
The Coming of the Swallowtails
Saturday, July 14th, 2007She glided in and briefly rested on the golden fennel. Her wings fluttered as she hesitated on one spike before flitting to another. Then she flew to the butterfly bush, moving deliberately from one tiny petal to the next drinking in nectar before she swept away as quickly as she had come.
I checked the [...]
Oil Field Trash
Sunday, July 8th, 2007I see the phrase “oil field trash” in the New York Times today. Too bad. We can be better than this.
“Oil field trash” is an epithet applied to lower middle class whites who work at the most menial and dangerous jobs in the oil patch. It was applied to me as a third-grader in [...]
Live Earth: The Morning After
Sunday, July 8th, 2007The morning after Live Earth.
It’s the morning after Live Earth, the largest event of its kind, according to Al Gore. Despite its scale, impressive as it is, the proof of its value will come later when we learn if the public awareness and calls to action have lasting effect.
As I watched, I had several [...]
Live Earth
Friday, July 6th, 2007The Live Earth concerts this weekend seek to build grassroots support for a global movement to save the earth.
The Live Earth concerts this weekend seek to create a tipping point to address the climate crisis. It’s an urgent need and a noble effort. Al Gore has called global warming the moral [...]
Media Trash and the most trusted name in news
Monday, July 2nd, 2007Two hours of Paris Hilton on “the most trusted
name in news?”
I wasn’t surprised that U.S. media didn’t cover the partnership agreement between UMCOR and Muslim Aid. In this day of division and religious fanaticism two moderate groups, one from the third largest denomination in the U.S. and the other serving Muslims of all [...]
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