Our Daily Links -- Oprah Was Raptured?
Everyone's favorite tween, Justin Bieber is fresh off a visit to Israel and was seen this week sporting...
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This is What Democracy Looks Like?Making Sense of the Pew Poll on Egypt
Egyptians' arguments push us to rethink not only our conventional notions of secularism, but also our assumptions about religious...
Osama Bin Laden, Dead
Typing this, I hesitate. Is this a mere death? An assassination? A murder? And if not the latter, why...
WorldNetDaily, Salon, and the Creation of Fact
by Abby Ohlheiser
WorldNetDaily, a right-wing news site, is probably best known for flaming the fires of the birther conspiracy,...
Christian Movies and Representational Politics
From Andrew O'Hehir's review at Salon of "Soul Surfer":
If evangelical Christians want to see their life and faith and values...
Consumption of The Borgias: A Viewer's Guide
by Meghan Maguire Dahn and Abby Ohlheiser
“You are so beautiful, Giulia Farnese, I would have you painted,” declares Jeremy...
Scientology Porn
One hardly knows what to say about Emily Anne Epstein's very brief article and photo series in last week's...
Listening, with Monks
Abby Ohlheiser: Of Gods and Men (122 minutes, 2010), a new film by Xavier Beauvois, opened last Friday in...
Eyes on Egypt: What to Watch
Abby Ohlheiser and Jessamy Klapper: Below are some of the writers and resources we've been using to track the...
Brown is Brown
Far be it from us to support gay-bashing, censorship or breaking the law, ahem, but this little piece from...
Haitian Spirits: A Photo Essay by Les Stone
introduction and curation by Abigail Ohlheiser
From the Mouths of Babes
Abby Ohlheiser:
Miss Nancy Ellicott smoked
And danced all the modern dances;
And her aunts were not quite sure...
Sudans
Abby Ohlheiser: In the collective gasp that followed the shooting in Tucson on Saturday, the story of the ongoing...
Merry F---ing Xmas
Abby Ohlheiser: Depending on your perspective, The National Portrait Gallery has either ruined Christmas or World AIDS Day (December 1) this year....
Following Snake Signs
by Abby Ohlheiser
The Bible says: “And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they...