This story, which I reported on my blog on Sunday, has hit the mainstream media today, with stories in the Newark Star-Ledger, The Jersey Journal, and forthcoming on NYC-area radio and television (WCBS radio, 1010 WINS radio, and Fox 5 News and NBC 4 News television). The basic story is that Kearny High School U.S. … Public school teacher tells class: “You belong in hell”

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In the wake of yesterday’s election, conservative Andrew Sullivan reprints a letter from a far-right conservative reader whose views have evolved [link]. Here’s the last paragraph: I believe in smaller government. I believe in efficient government. I believe in honest government. I believe in reason informed by faith. I believe in politics, informed by faith, … Return to Enlightenment Ideals?

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Atheists top book charts by deconstructing God The Church of the Non-Believers

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‘Dr. Dino’ guilty on all counts: Couple could get more than 200 years Hard to believe a man with a Ph.D didn’t know of a basic tax law (Hat tip to Doug Krueger.)

First TBN President Paul Crouch and now New Life Church’s Ted Haggard? What is it with evangelical pastors both being gay and denouncing gays and lesbians? Was Sigmund Freud right after all? Update: Haggard steps down.