Author Archives: Andrew Stuttaford

Rage Against The Machinery

Posted on April 28, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Via the Jewish Press: Tens of thousands of Ultra-Orthodox Jews will participate in a huge rally to be held on Sunday evening, May 20, at Citi Field in Queens, New York, to combat the evils of the Internet and the … Continue reading →

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Balkanization Watch

Posted on April 28, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Via the Washington Post: The Hutterites are Protestants similar to the Amish and Mennonites who live a life centered on their religion, but unlike the others, Hutterites live in German-speaking communes scattered across northern U.S. states and Canada. They don’t … Continue reading →

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Hikikomori (of a sort)

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Via Salon: When I first brought home our sleek, silver, double-deck, Panasonic stereo cassette player during the summer of 1993, my then-wife, Gitty, frowned. “It has a radio,” she said with an accusing glare. The device, fresh out of the … Continue reading →

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Hatch, Back?

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

As Orrin Hatch is forced to face a primary challenge, here’s a little reminder from 2009 about the (very) long-serving senator’s attitude towards taxpayers’ money: WASHINGTON — Backed by some of the most powerful members of the Senate, a little-noticed … Continue reading →

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A Voice for Fundamentalism?

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

One of life’s minor pleasures is the spectacle of ‘progressives’ calling for Christians to pay more attention to the Bible. Here’s David Sirota writing in Salon: As the Pew Research Center recently discovered, “Most people who agree with the religious … Continue reading →

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Earth Day!

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford
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Rapture

Posted on April 14, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

There’s a piece by Mark Oppenheimer in today’s New York Times about the transformation of Blondie’s (ah, those were the days) bassist into a popular writer about religion. Harmless enough stuff, but this passage caught my eye: Mr. Lachman moved … Continue reading →

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Under Cover of Revolution

Posted on April 14, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cross-posted on the Corner: This article in the London Spectator on the plight of the Arab world’s embattled Christian minorities is worth reading in full, but this particular detail (and, no, that’s not really the word) was, to say the … Continue reading →

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Teenage Exorcists!

Posted on April 6, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

It was Jung who wrote (in his book on UFOs) that the “Middle Ages…live on merrily”. So they do…and so do their business opportunities. Check out this story from ABC.

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Timeless

Posted on April 6, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

We could debate whether a worldly church is less of a menace than one run by true believers (quite often, I reckon), but it can certainly make for some good stories: MOSCOW — Facing a scandal over photographs of its … Continue reading →

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