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DeMint, Jim •failure of new Capitol Visitor Center to make a big deal about religion - even though it's merely a tourist attraction and not a house of worship, so why should it? - is decried...
...What the CEOs of the Big Three have discovered is a nation suffering Detroit fatigue. Americans may not know squat about collateralized debt obligations, but as a nation we have been defined by car worship. We are angry at our car gods - who for too many years made too many clunkers - because we have owned the Dodge Aries K cars, Mercury Montereys and Chevy Chev-ettes they produced. So the citizens and the pols are irked to have to throw these companies a lifeline, even though they probably should do it for the good of the economy...
...VanDyke Colbys aim to help students explore their faith in an informed way. Each Sunday the students get a brief presentation by a representative of that week's church and sit in on a service, taking notes and joining in worship when they're so inclined. Afterward, they pile into the van and head back to campus, where they discuss the experience in the dining hall over sausages and waffles. "We invite them into some critical thinking," says Don, by examining the core tenets of each faith beyond the feel-good trappings that his wife shorthands as "Jesus...
...motivational guru" and gave him $250,000 in cash so Jackson "could entertain his friends at Christmas." Jackson has maintained that these were gifts from the Arab prince, an interpretation Al Khalifa denies. "Many times he confirmed that he would pay me back," the sheik said. (Read "Celebrity Worship: Good for Your Health...
...each of us shapes everything we do at Sidwell Friends School." Unlike many Quaker schools, Sidwell is not attached to a particular Friends meeting, but many of its trustees are Quakers and the emphasis on open-minded pursuit of excellence and understanding is enforced by weekly worship meetings. Community service is integrated into the school...