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Los Lobos, James Bond, Hugh Laurie, Robert Randolph, Matisyahu, Mother Teresa, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Inception, and much more

Wednesday July 28, 2010

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First Listen: Los Lobos, ‘Tin Can Trust’ (NPR)
The Church on a justice mission: On the front lines of the battle against sex trafficking and forced prostitution by Amy Sherman (Books & Culture)
‘House’ of Blues: Hugh Laurie operating on new album (NY Times)
The Productive Class and the American aristocracy by S.T. Karnick (American Thinker)
Who killed James Bond? By Matthew Garrahan (Financial Times)
The Anglican rosary as spiritual disicipline by Holly Ordway (Hieropraxis)
Love where you live: Urban, suburban, and rural churches respond to new challenges in a less mobile era by Collin Hansen (
Robert Randolph and The Family Band in concert (NPR)
The ultimate conversation stopper: does life have meaning? If so many people today feel that life is a sound and fury signifying nothing, Friedrich Nietzsche, Sigmund Freud and Richard Rorty are partly to blame by Michael Casey (Mercator)
Guilty pleasures: Religion and sex among American university students by Roger Friedland (Huffington Post)
The amazing art of disabled artists (StumbleUpon)
The moral naturalists by David Brooks (NY Times)
Matisyahu sidesteps stereotypes (Charlotte Observer)
Mother Teresa still touching hearts (Catholic Spirit)
Stevie Ray Vaughan lives on with Legacy (Houston Chronicle)
A review of "Up from the Cradle of Jazz" (Washington Times)
Ambition: Vice or virtue? By Christine Whelan (Busted Halo)
The beauty advantage: In today’s economy, looking good is no longer something we can dismiss as frivolous or vain. How beauty can affect your job, your career, your life. (Newsweek)
Creating Sabbath peace amid the noise by Judith Shulevitz (NY Times)
Inception’ a critic’s dream: Chris Nolan’s latest film creates new realms of reality, sets standard for films yet to come by Natalie Sandy (Badger Herald)
It’s not just the girl with the dragon tattoo by Michael Wolff (Newser)
Whole lotta cantin’ going on by Roger Ebert (Chicago Sun Times)
Breaking the unwritten Latina rules: The perils of being single, Latina and over 30 (Busted Halo)
The Myth of the Fairer Sex: Women, especially self-proclaimed feminists, must own the truth about our gender’s capacity for violence if we are ever going to be effective in ending it by Courtney E. Martin (American Prospect)
‘Shakespeare for Kids’ a G-rated introduction (Chicago Tribune)
A perfect game: The metaphysical meaning of baseball by David B. Hart (First Things)
Twilight moms and perpetual adolescence: Why are grown women going gaga over a teenage vampire-themed romance? By Carolyn Moynihan (Mercator)
The shadow of the Antichrist: A critique of Nietzsche’s critique of Christianity by Laura C. Miguélez (Books & Culture)
Sculptor is colt whisperer: Cowboys are not a common sight in New York—at least not the fully clothed variety—but there a bunch of them were last week, awaiting the opening of an art show by one of their own. (Wall Street Journal)
Boney M asked to skip hit in West Bank gig (Yahoo)
The power of redemption: Shirley Sherrod’s speech, and her story, has lessons for us all by Peggy Noonan (Wall Street Journal)
Mel Gibson: Conservative demon or Caravaggio? Scandalous tape recordings expose the movie star in an ugly light, but some critics are honing their own agendas by Carolyn Moynihan (Mercator)
Miracle grow: The teen brain is a marvel of smarts. It’s just not all filled in (yet). (Boston Globe)
Of snobbery and soccer by Theodore Dalrymple (New English Review)
Which countries are happiest? by David P. Goldman (First Things)
Obama moves away from ‘Freedom of Religion’ toward ‘Freedom of Worship’? (Catholic Online)

Comic-Con, Trombone Shorty, Bob Dylan, China, Plato, Lindsay Lohan, Trinity Church Bell Ringers, Ian McShane, Joshua DuBois, Trappists and much more

Wednesday July 21, 2010

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COMIC-CON 2010: San Diego insiders share their survival tips (and ninja tricks) (LA Times)
Teen disconnected from technology — and liked it (Boston Globe)
Miracle grow: The teen brain is a marvel of smarts. It’s just not all filled in (yet). (Boston Globe)
Uuuuuke! Little instrument makes a big showing (Boston Globe)
Young horns, bending tradition. New Orleans shaped their musical sensibilities, but for Troy Andrews, aka Trombone Shorty, and Christian Scott, it’s time to move beyond the Big Easy. (Wall Street Journal)
When Hollywood had a song in its heart (NPR)
WHO: 5.2 million people on AIDS drugs in 2009 (AP)
Man arrested with 18 monkeys at Mexico City airport (CNN)
Manuscript found in Ethiopian monastery could be world’s oldest illustrated Christian work. A manuscript found in a remote Ethiopian monastery could be the oldest illustrated Christian work in the world, experts have claimed. (Telegraph)
Denver woman named America’s top world-changer under 25: Do Something Awards reward her with $100,000 for African school (Denver Post)
Bob Dylan, Hop Farm Festival, Kent, review. At 69, Bob Dylan sounds more comfortable performing songs from later in his career. (Telegraph)
In the land of Mao, a rising tide of Christianity (NPR)
Cracking the Plato code, it’s all maths and music (Sydney Morning Herald)
Professor dired for teaching Catholic belief in a Catholic class (The American Culture)
Stop picking on Lindsay Lohan: Why do some people rejoice in the unraveling of a life and career? By Rebecca Macatee (Wall Street Journal)
Following Christ at a p*rn convention: At Exxxstasy 2010, we didn’t encounter ‘p*rn stars’ but real women with real names by Dawn Herzog Jewell (Her.meneutics)
Our abandonment of self-denial (Just Thomism)
Odd jobs: Trinity Church’s bell ringers (Wall Street Journal)
Live Aid wasn’t a fantastic concert. But it didn’t need to be by Neil McCormick (Telegraph)
Bicycle Thieves: Bicycle Thieves is a quasi-Dickensian portrait of a city, and a tense and heartbreaking warning about the corrupting effects of economic despair. (Telegraph)
Skateboarding glides into new phase (NY Times)
Ian McShane takes another evil turn: The former ‘Deadwood’ star plays a scheming medieval bishop in ‘The Pillars of the Earth’ on Starz. (LA Times)
The technocracy boom by David Brooks (NY Times)
The performance: John Ventimiglia: ‘The Sopranos’ Artie Bucco sheds the Mafia-type roles for that of a vampire in ‘Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead.’ (LA Times)
Back to work for ‘Mad Men’ (NY Times)
Obama’s man of faith has dual roles: Joshua DuBois melds his higher calling with one to help the nation’s highest office: He bridges religious groups and sends the president his daily BlackBerry devotional. (LA Times)
Calling indie brides and D.I.Y.-ers (NY Times)
Five leadership secrets of the Trappist monk by Stephen Martin (Washington Post)
Drones in U.S. skies – to keep eye on us? By Nat Hentoff (WND)
The good Christian girl: A fable. What heeding a decade and a half of dating advice can mean by Gina R. Dalfonzo (Christianity Today)

Criss Angel, Harper Lee, Juanita Rasmus, Spider-Man, Green Lantern, William James, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Emma Thompson, Jonny Lang, William Faulkner, Ali Hewson and much more

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Where Criss Angel disappears: nside is Mr. Angel’s extensive collection of magic memorabilia, including items like Harry Houdini’s handcuffs and Lance Burton’s top hat. Décor includes drawings and paintings by Salvador Dali, as well as several custom pieces by popular artist Michael Godard including a three-dimensional [...]

Robert Randolph, Mark Twain, Mel Gibson, Mark Twain, Walter Hawkins, William Paul Young, Bram Stoker, Roy Rogers, Harvey Pekar and much more

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At the axis of blues, gospel and rock: Jim Fusilli talks with Robert Randolph and takes a look at his latest album, “We Walk This Road.” (Wall Street Journal)
Green religion movement hopes spill wins converts (AP)
In a sacred Italian race, some bristle at the [...]

Father Frederick Loos, St. Jude, Jonny Lang, Warren Buffett, Gerard Butler, Vampires, Bill Wilson, Prince, Darwinism, Sonny Barger, Monica Rosenfeld and much more

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Speaking God’s Language, with a gangster dialect: Frederick Loos was cussing like a sailor the other night, which was surprising given that he is a Roman Catholic priest and his foul-mouthed discourse was delivered from the pulpit to hundreds of faithful gathered before him. He spoke of God, the need to serve [...]

Andy Warhol, Minute Bol, George Washington, Peter Hitchens, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and much more

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• Andy Warhol’s Last Supper (Killing the Buddha)
Manute Bol’s radical Christianity: The life and death of Manute Bol, and the real meaning of redemption. (Wall Street Journal)
Biggest draft winner: Kentucky (ESPN)
How missionaries lost their Chariots of Fire by Brad A. Greenberg (Wall Street Journal)
Bono to return to [...]

Wanda Jackson, Imelda May, Walt Whitman, Roger Ebert, The Blues Brothers, Stonehenge, Rosie Flores, St. Peter, St. Paul and much more

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Anne Lamott, Miley Cyrus, Religious Freedom, Versace, Abby Sunderland, Ozzy Osbourne, Winston Churchill and much more

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The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

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Imelda May, Touchdown Jesus, Jimmy Dean, Steve Jobs, Lady Gaga, John Wesley, John Prine and much more

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Rosary wearers, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, World Cup, Jonny Lang, Geoffrey Rush, Peggy Noonan and much more

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Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Flyleaf, Alvin Plantinga, The Rosary, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Dorothy Rabinowitz and much more

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