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** File ** In this July 12, 2006 file photo Rick Warren, a pastor of Saddleback Valley Community Church in Orange County, California is seen in Seoul, South Korea. Both Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama are scheduled to appear seperately at a forum at Warren's California megachurch Saturday, Aug. 16, 2008, spending one hour each with Warren, before coming together on stage for a handshake. The pastor, who does not endorse candidates, will be the only one asking questions. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

Icons of the New Evangelicalism

By John D. Boy | September 7, 2009

Why all the little beards?

Edward R. Murrow

The Power of the Put On

By David Dark | April 20, 2009

The news is trying to make itself the Good News.

A Happy Purim

Ain’t No Party Like a …

By Nathan Schneider | March 10, 2009

Biking through Brooklyn. 10:30 pm on a Monday. You pass big hats—big ones. Music pumping from even more enormous vehicles. Hummers? No. Escalades? No again. Rented white RVs scattered through the streets, packed full of Hasidic boys dressed in sparkles? Oh, yes. Did I mention the children dressed up in costumes? And that the music…