May 16, 2008 | Commercial Appeal
There's fun at Hernando's A'Fair
“They're getting ready to be deployed again”
There's fun at Hernando's A'Fair Two liner right here for this story With the 34th annual Hernando A'Fair rapidly coming up on him, the phone at Jim Radford's house is ringing off the hook. via Commercial Appeal
Texas churches refuse to meet with Lesbian couple
“It seems to me in this case they're the ones trying to create division”
In fact, just asking to talk put their panties in a twist. San Antonio mom Della Nagle thought it would be a simple task: Go to some of the nation's largest churches, visit with members and prove to them that ... via South Texas Chisme
Family Service Center honors OLPH's Sister Paulanne Held
The winner of a $1,000 raffle at a benefit honoring Sister Paulanne Held didn't think twice about what to do with the money. via Sun-Times News Group
Political Ties To a Secretive Religious Group
“For more than 50 years, the National Prayer Breakfast has been a Washington institution. Every president has attended the breakfast since Eisenhower, elbow-to-elbow with Democrats and Republicans alike.”
"For more than 50 years, the National Prayer Breakfast has been a Washington institution. via MetaFilter
Inside Hillary's disturbing conservative bible group; The Family
This piece is by Barbara Ehrenreich, not some random hack. Also, Harpers covered The Family years ago and I still feel a little creeped out by them. via Poor Mojo Newswire
" Clinton fell in with the Family in 1993, when she joined a Bible study group composed of wives of conservative leaders like Jack Kemp and James Baker. via Ghost in the Machine
University to host Last Comic Standing
“Hopefully it can be a tradition”
Rising talents to compete in Union Blake Stephens "To get some serious laughs" is comedian Stephen Mayeux's mission for tonight's edition of LSU's Last Comic Standing. via The Daily Reveille
Are You Ready to Party at the St Patricks Day Parade in Savannah Georgia
“When you have alcohol, you males (and) tight spaces, that's a recipe for disaster”
One of the best Adult parties on the east coast in a few weeks will be the annual 184th St. via Associated Content
Trying to make the invisible, visible
“After people see the movie, they're like 'What can we do to change this?'”
Members of Invisible Children EIU Chapter, seniors, Amber Crowley and Amanda Suggs, and junior Jenna Nystrom, talk about ways to get students involved and to raise more awareness at the Invisible Children ... via The Daily Eastern News
Posted by: Matt Lewis at 10:30 AM While The Club for Growth has no love for Mike Huckabee , it seems another DC-based group -- The Family Research Council -- likes him a lot. via Town Hall
A new legal advocacy group, The Family Defense Center , today unveiled a Web page designed to solicit amici curiae to support its bid to secure Supreme Court review of a decision of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court ... via Lawsites
Vitter shifts $100,000 from religious group
“That is clearly not and never was the intent of the project, nor would it have been its effect.”
Bowing to pressure, Sen. David Vitter, R-La., has backed off an attempt to steer $100,000 in taxpayer money to a Louisiana Christian group that supports teaching religious and alternative theories of creation ... via NOLA.com
Hanson has moved beyond 'MMMbop'
“We haven't gone to radio at all, we haven't gone to MTV”
The group Hanson is all grown up now and ready to rock Carnegie Library Music Hall of Homestead tonight. via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette