by Patricia Lee Sharpe | May 23, 2016 | Monitor
By Patricia Lee Sharpe Lu marries Tham, but Chen marries Healy. Flannagan marries Kennedy, but Roberts marries Maheshwari. So the U.S. is still a melting pot, ethnically. But wait: birds of a feather—East Asian as well as Irish—are definitely flocking together. Both,...
by Patricia Lee Sharpe | May 16, 2016 | Monitor
By Patricia Lee Sharpe So Trump won’t be able to greet the new mayor of London at the White house—or even let him into the country—because he’s a Muslim. That’s only the beginning—think of all the other leaders who’ll be on the persona non grata list for religious...
by Charles Cameron | Apr 30, 2016 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — Pew — Iran? Saudis? ] . Here’s the tweet: How strongly do different nationalities feel about #religion? https://t.co/hPQcLYMvz3 @StatistaCharts pic.twitter.com/RaPto3EI23 — World Economic Forum (@wef) April 30, 2016 It...
by Charles Cameron | Apr 23, 2016 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — a little semi-private laughing at myself via Madam Secretary ] . I’ve been having some private chuckles watching season 1 of Madam Secretary, and I’m betting Dr Henry McCord, the religion professor / NSA guy, doesn’t have...
by Charles Cameron | Dec 2, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — Robert Dear, a crazed? apocalyptic? Christian? terorist? — & what of William Blake? ] . John Horgan commenting on Robert Dear: ** Apocalyptic? Here’s Richard Faussett, For Robert Dear, Religion and Rage Before Planned...