"The conditions of my life are precarious," film critic Roger Ebert wrote recently in a post on his online journal titled "Fall from Grace." Ebert, 69, perhaps the pre-eminent film critic in the United States and a longtime colleague of mine at the Chicago Sun-Times, where he's been a staff…  [more]

My nephews and my children have their faces plastered in books. “Whatcha readin’?” I ask. “The Bible,” they say. Funny. Looks like the old Pokemon or Sailor Moon cartoons to me. Actually, they're graphic novels “adapted from the ancient texts." The challenging headlines summarize the Biblical story in these ways:…  [more]

Last Friday, Oprah tweeted, “A lot of ‘lasts’ today. I’m really feeling like it’s the end. Still all sweet, no bitter.” Since this was the day before the supposed Rapture, I had to admit, I started getting nervous. Was she talking just about her show or the end of the…  [more]

Most weeks I watch "This Week" on ABC. For Easter, they had a group of "people of faith" to discuss a variety of things. The marquee interviews were with Tim Keller and Franklin Graham. I think the two men and their interviews are instructive for seeing contrasting approaches for conservative…  [more]

After receiving accolades for its coverage of the democratic uprising in Egypt, Al Jazeera English has renewed its campaign for greater access to the U.S. television market. Recently, the network took out a full page ad in the Los Angeles Times, corresponding with a grassroots promotion on its website asking…  [more]