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Postcard: Hall of Religion (from 1933 Chicago World’s Fair book)

February 27th, 2012 · No Comments

This card pictures “The Hall of Religion, from the Lagoon,” at the 1933 World’s Fair held in Chicago, Illinois.

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Loud Catholics

February 7th, 2012 · No Comments

The LOUD Catholics don’t speak for all Catholics, they’re just the ones we keep hearing.

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End of Days

June 2nd, 2011 · No Comments

On break, discussion has veered to the predicted May 21 end times. “I won’t hear Gabriel’s trumpet,” she says. “I’m tone deaf.”

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Metropolitan Rosary Chain à la California

March 11th, 2011 · No Comments

Cities dot the state as Hail Marys on a rosary chain: St. Francis, St. James, The Angels, The Sacrament – Glory be! – St. Bernard.

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Christopher Hitchens on cancer and God

August 6th, 2010 · No Comments

Christopher Hitchens, who seems to have made a career out of frustrating, infuriating and intriguing his readers on matters of politics, history, and social culture, talks here with CNN’s Anderson Cooper about his recent encounter with, and treatment for, cancer.

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Tags: health · ideas · politics · TV · writing

Tom Lehrer: “The Vatican Rag”

May 23rd, 2010 · 2 Comments

Tom Lehrer performing his “Vatican Rag” live in Oslo on 10 September 1967.

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Screenings: Jesus Camp

April 16th, 2010 · No Comments

And try not to get ill when Ted Haggard tells the young boy that he’s got a “cute kid” thing going on.

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Protected: Pat to Ida: 15 August 1944

October 22nd, 2009 · Enter your password to view comments.

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Jesus Christ is Lord (Everywhere a sign #21)

December 25th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Matteson’s Flower Shop in Leucadia, California. Photographed on 21 December 2008, 9:56 a.m.

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Body Piercing Saved My Life (Everywhere a sign #18)

September 16th, 2008 · 2 Comments

This car emblem was spotted in the parking lot of the main post office in downtown Birmingham today.

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Tags: signs