Politics, Religion

Somehow I Missed the Coverage of This in the US Mainstream Media

German policitians denounce growing violence against Christians. There seems to have been a fairly robust denunciation of growing violence, worldwide, against Christians and against Christian places of worship. Surprisingly, or unsurprisingly, depending on your point of view, this denunciation occurred in the German parliament, and was supported by Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union, the Free… Continue reading Somehow I Missed the Coverage of This in the US Mainstream Media

Entertainment, Politics

How Things Work in the UK When the Press Gets It Wrong

I thought you might be interested to see what happens in the UK when a newspaper publishes something which is factually-challenged and is then challenged on the facts. It seems that The Daily Telegraph (a historically fine newspaper, and the only one I was allowed to read as a child, after a member of the staff had ironed… Continue reading How Things Work in the UK When the Press Gets It Wrong