Viagra introduces its latest celebrity backer: the devil Aug 16, 2009
Their traditional stomping grounds are the bully pulpits of Fox News and AM radio but two of conservative America's heros, Karl Rove (pictured below right) and Rush Limbaugh, are about to star in Family Guy, the cartoon famed for its liberal take on suburban life. Saturday, 15 August 2009. (Yahoo News -- Men's Health)
Our views: Take back the streets Aug 14, 2009
Its a message long pounded from the pulpits of black churches and has even more resonance now that the nation has its first African-American president. And it applies to parents of all races. (Florida Today)
Lutherans prepare to debate gay clergy Aug 11, 2009
The question is whether they can have committed relationships and still be called to ELCA pulpits. Partnered gay clergy are technically prohibited, though some congregations break the rule without punishment. (USA Today -- News)
Proliferation of Churches not affecting moral decadence - Minister Aug 4, 2009
He said government appreciated the role the religious bodies play in the socio-economic development of the country and urged Churches especially to use their pulpits to educate members about government policies, and civic rights and responsibilities. Right Reverend Dr Yaw Frimpong-Manso, Moderator of the General Assembly of the church expressed appreciation to the fellowship for their immense contribution to the church. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
The Business of Faith Aug 4, 2009
Week in, week out, Pastors and Reverend Ministers mount their pulpits to preach to us about how to lead more pious lives and to aspire to heaven. In politics, throughout history, people and communities of faith have played crucial roles in the struggle to establish justice and equity here on earth. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
A history of religion in America Jul 31, 2009
"From those pulpits, decade after decade, strong men preached about the power of the individual, decried the evil of a government that sought to interpose itself between man and God.". In early America, the clergy provided education and church schools were publicly financed. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Oakland police among highest paid Jul 31, 2009
The vote ends months of acrimony between union and city officials, who used their bully pulpits to publicly admonish union officials for refusing to negotiate in the midst of a national economic downturn and city budget shortfall that has climbed to more than $90 million in the current fiscal year. In June, there were threats from the Oakland City Council to yank the union's lucrative contract to provide security at sporting and entertainment events held at the city's coliseum complex. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
England Is the Faith Jul 14, 2009
They were writers unafraid to mount their political pulpits, there to proclaim a patriotism that linked English particularity with an abiding concern for the poor, not as an abstract class but as fellow countrymen. So did Chesterton follow the practice of his literary forebears thundering, for example, against the jingoism of Kipling, the imperialism of the Boer war, the eugenics efforts to control the feeble-minded, as well as the getting-and-spending capitalism that laid waste to England s... (The American Conservative)
Gerson: Remembering first moon walk Jul 10, 2009
I think of the courageous women who, sometimes in the face of deep resistance, have made their journey onto Jewish and Protestant pulpits, adding so much to the clergy. I think of the wonderful new musical elements of Jewish and Christian worship. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Steroids? Its time to get over it Jul 8, 2009
But on this subject, the guys in the electronic pulpits are the ones who are clueless, and have been for a long time. Slideshow. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Reflections on Faith: Stop listening to the wrong people Jul 1, 2009
For centuries, their cruel tongues have kept ministers on the move, contributing to what a major news magazine once called the game of musical pulpits. Are you a victim of critics in your church or community. (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)
Pastor quits Riverside Church after 2 months, 1 court fight Jul 1, 2009
Church officials said the package was consistent with that of similar high-profile pulpits. Though he was chosen last September out of 200 applicants to be Riverside's sixth senior minister, the former Rhodes scholar saw strife from day one. (USA Today -- News)
The Key to Fixing Health Care and Energy: Use Less Jun 29, 2009
And the President and the First Lady have used their bully pulpits often backed by policy shifts to discourage smoking while encouraging healthy eating and other wellness behaviors that reduce health-care consumption. It makes good sense to give consumers of energy and health care information and incentives to deter us from overconsuming. (Time.com)
Turmoil fuels 'hacktivist' attacks on Web sites Jun 26, 2009
What the incident shows, though, is how political turmoil can spill quickly into unexpected parts of the Internet, as sites that have nothing to do with a conflict often get hijacked and turned into bully pulpits for so-called "hacktivists" bent on advancing a political cause, rather than making money. "It's a bit like graffiti on the subway," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant with Sophos, a computer security softwar 00004000 e company. (MSNBC -- Crime)
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First, early in our country's formation, the pulpits were the conscience of this nation ... In fact, clergy and politicians used the pulpits to rally support without threat of governmental intrusion or penalty. (Human Events Online)
Thomas Jefferson: Freedom is a gift from God Jun 23, 2009
In Jefferson s day pulpits were aflame with righteousness and they demanded conformity to the word of God, and they got it. But not so in our day; most churches are just not doing their job. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Tough Love From the Father-in-Chief Jun 20, 2009
Many campaign watchers, of all races, applauded Obama's speech as a "Sister Souljah moment" that showed the true value of a black presidential candidate: saying things that white politicians could notor, as Jesse Jackson famously put it soon after, "talking down to black people." But these analyses missed the point: Black leaders, including Jackson, have been urging responsible fatherhood and stand-up-straight living for as long as there have been black pulpits to preach from. At the 2006... (Slate)
Letters to the editor (6/20/09) Jun 20, 2009
Jerry Prevo is nothing more than a political animal of the same ilk as George Wallace or Jesse Helms, both of whom used their bully pulpits to discriminate against American citizens for their many years in the political arena. It is tragic that hatred and anger have been, and continue to be a part of the political landscape in our country. (Anchorage Daily News)
Books: The inefficiency of markets Jun 18, 2009
Nobel-laureate preachers, such as Milton Friedman and Merton Miller, proclaimed from the pulpits of the University of Chicago that the market could do no wrong. Somewhere along the way, what started as a critique of the wrong ways people tried to profit from the market turned into a source of new techniques for making money. (The Economist)
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Sure, killing a doctor's wrong -- but don't overreact! (184) Jun 3, 2009
we'd be on Code Purple or some-such nonsense and these Bible-thumpers would be thundering from their pulpits about how such evil terrorists must be thrown out of the country in the name of our "homeland security.". When you convince yourself that a fetus is the same thing as a sentient living person, I guess you can go for this "eye for an eye" crap, although Jesus did say something about turning the other cheek and loving your enemies (and not judging lest ye be judged). (Salon)
Religious bodies schooled on taxation May 22, 2009
Other activities that attract tax are consultation fees charged by Pastors for counseling, gifts given to them and other enterprises owned by the Church, he said and cautioned; "I am reminding all Pastors that they will account for all their tax obligations before God" and urged the Clergy to use the pulpits to educate their congregation on the need to pay taxes. Mr Kwasi Bobie Ansah, Chief Inspector in-charge of Public Relations and Tax Education of the IRS, reminded the public that taxes... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
GOP needs diversity, core values May 13, 2009
There are pulpits for that but it s not the bully pulpit of government. Thank you for your attention. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
The Soloist actually gets it right - to a point May 8, 2009
People don't go out of their way to befriend those with schizophrenia, least of all those with powerful pulpits like newspaper columnists. In fact, the opposite is the norm. (Globe and Mail)
R. Duane Scott May 4, 2009
While in Chicago, he substituted in various pulpits. He would later do the same in San Diego, Calif. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
USA Yesterdays: Frances Willard: Not just a crusader against liquor Apr 18, 2009
One of her books made a case for ordaining women for church pulpits. Another dealt with temperance. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
* Spain's PM takes abortion reform to the next level Apr 13, 2009
As Spain celebrated Holy Week, the clergy rolled out a vigorous protest from pulpits, billboards and the hooded ranks of traditional Easter processions. Abortion is technically a crime in Spain, though a law introduced in 1985, 10 years after Franco's death, permits abortions under certain circumstances. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Is Notre Dame Still Catholic? Apr 5, 2009
Catholic politicians from Nancy Pelosi to Joe Biden who support a "woman's right to choose" have been denounced from pulpits and denied Communion. Obama, however, is the most pro-abortion president ever. (Human Events Online)
Idaho teachers should leave the Band-Aids at home Mar 27, 2009
But they shouldn't be using their classroom lecterns as bully pulpits. Copyright. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Japan's WBC Repeat Mar 25, 2009
They preach from Barcalounger pulpits with their head turned away. You cannot watch these games and talk to these players and understand their emotions -- including the humbled Americans -- and think this is something not worthwhile. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- MLB)
MORE: 500,000 cheer St. Patrick's parade in Dublin Mar 18, 2009
From their pulpits, cardinals and bishops said the island's 4 million Catholics must reorder their priorities away from finances and toward family and community. "Today I believe Patrick is calling the Irish to reconsider aspects of the culture and values upon which society has been built in recent years," Cardinal Sean Brady said in his annual sermon honoring Ireland's patron saint, who brought Christianity to the pagan Gaels in the 5th century. (USA Today)
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Buy pews, pulpits, chairs and more at great prices. Visit us online today. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Saint Bobby finally has wings clipped Mar 12, 2009
Bobby Bowden, the man, spends many of his Sundays in the pulpits of various churches, and preaches the Christian Doctrine. A doctrine of Jesus Christ who says simply, I forgive. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Businessman reelected president of Society for Academic Achievement Mar 12, 2009
He is a lay preacher and fills many pulpits in the Tri-State Area. The Society for Academic Achievement was founded in Quincy, Ill. (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
Raging Grannies rock Cinequest film festival Mar 5, 2009
In previous festivals, she showed the documentaries "Liberty: 3 Stories About Life ," about three lesbian friends; and "Call to Witness," about Lutheran pastors who want pews and pulpits to be open to people of all sexual orientations. Walton started working on "Raging Grannies," in 2006, traveling around the Bay Area with the group to events -- or "gigs," as they like to call them. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Churches and fine arts join hands Feb 22, 2009
They're where pulpits meet fine arts. Among them, First Congregational Church of Fresno displays about 20 paintings in its fellowship hall through an arrangement with a local artists' group, Plein Aire, and holds about two cultural arts events per month, from Fresno Grand Opera to Fresno Pacific University concerts. (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)
NY POST Apologizes For Controversial Chimp Cartoon... Feb 20, 2009
" echoed outside the newspaper's Manhattan offices. Hundreds demonstrated to denounce an editorial cartoon that many believe was aimed directly at Obama, the first African American elected to the U.S.' highest office. "Clergymen will hit the pulpits this Sunday," Sharpton said. Sharpton said the cartoon is racist. He has an ambitious plan of attack: boycotting newsstands, telling people not to buy The Post and asking advertisers not to advertize. But his biggest threat is going to the Federal... (The Drudge Report)
Greed Corp. Will Rebound After the Scolding: Celestine Bohlen Feb 17, 2009
Thats fine, but they really need to do more than shout from their bully pulpits if they want to rein in the natural impulse to accumulate wealth. Its easy to see why finger-wagging is tempting for elected officials in economic times as bad as these. (Bloomberg -- Columnists)
Carroll: Seven deadly sins can be applied to anything Feb 15, 2009
You don't hear much about "sin" these days, not even from many church pulpits. Maybe that is why the Vatican's announcement last year about seven new deadly sins didn't get much play in the media. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Turning 100, NAACP fights to keep struggle alive Feb 12, 2009
And even when the courts and the legislatures and the newspapers and the pulpits said they were wrong, they knew they were right, and they knew they would prevail. Power also came from thousands of average citizens like Levi Pearson, a South Carolina farmer. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
