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This is an excellent article on why newspapers are doomed, both in print and online. These are some of the same things I said five months ago, and all of my predictions are coming true. Sadly.

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… to report this story.
But someone who you may know has just been named one of the 25 HOTTEST people in Orange County, California. You can get a sneak preview here.
Or see how it was reported on Twitter here. (In all honesty, these reports could have been a little more thrilling — the technology is [...]

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I swear to God that this is a real e-mail my wife got today:
I just finished with a client whose 9yr old is going as Obama for halloween with his machine gun because he believes that he is linked to pakistan and his muslim roots. Did I also mention that she is a born again [...]

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So I’m reading to my wife the first few paragraphs of the Politico story detailing about the Republican National Committee has spent $150,000 to spruce up Gov. Sarah Palin for her run for the Blair House.
The Republican National Committee has spent more than $150,000 to clothe and accessorize vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and her [...]

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My first book, “Losing My Religion: How I Lost My Faith Reporting on Religion in America — and Found Unexpected Peace,” has gotten some nice endorsements/blurbs from nationally known folks on both sides of the religious/atheist aisle.
But I just read the first real review of my book on an influential website for librarians. The review [...]

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My good triathlete friend Jenny is worried that, judging by some of my posts, I’ve gotten too angry and am no longer the life-of-the-party guy she once knew.
Fear not, Jenny (who could be the world’s nicest female + an amazing Ironman triathlete), I’ve still maintained my sense of humor and ability to have fun.
Check out [...]

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I just got done watching Gov. Sarah Palin’s performances on “Saturday Night Live.” Loved her! Seriously. She even found Alec Baldwin’s long lost sense of humor. Her two skits can be found here and here.
Aside of the campaigning for the vice presidency, Palin is super appealing. I’d love to see her as a political commentary [...]

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One of the premises of my book — hitting the book shelves in four short months! — is that if people truly believed in the Gospel message, Christians would act radically differently than they do. By any measure, Jesus was a radical who taught his followers to be “in but not of this world.”
Vice presidential [...]

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OK, I can’t stand it. I’ve got to blog about Joe the Plummer! If you’re reading this in real time, just click refresh every few minutes. We’re about 12 minutes in as I’m starting.
6:12 p.m.: If this were a boxing match, the referee would step in and give McCain a standing eight count. Enough with [...]

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I have a few more thoughts on my recent post about Bishop John Steinbock of Fresno punishing a priest who came out against a California initiative that would prohibit gay marriages. The prelate yanked his priest’s salary and benefits, removed him from ministry and wrote in a disciplinary letter that “your statement contradicted the teaching [...]

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