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Touch-Screen Democracy?

There were no hanging chads to scrutinize on “undervoted” ballots in Florida’s 13th Congressional District during last November’s midterm elections.

Keeping Christians Cool

More than 1,500 young evangelicals from across the U.S.

Spoof Products

Hole-y Bible

Modern Prophets

Climate change activists carried out what they called an “art attack” in November by screening political messages on the sides of several London landmarks.

Black Church Leaders in Holy Land

A delegation of U.S.

Mercenaries on the Rise

Private military contractors have reportedly fired indiscriminately on Iraqi civilians hundreds of times throughout the U.S.

Huggable Warrior of the Cross

Soft Saints, Inc., purveyor of positive role models for today’s youth in the form of plush dolls, makes it possible to cuddle with a 15th-century purveyor of divine wisdom–the “Ma

Justapaz Wins Peace Award

The Swedish Fellowship of Reconciliation has awarded Justapaz, a ministry of the Mennonite Church in Colombia, the 2006 award for nonviolence in areas of armed conflict.

HABEAS CORPUS (1787-2006)

In October, as President Bush signed the Military Commissions Act of 2006, 200 members of the National Religious Campaign Against Torture protested in front of the White House against what they cal

News Bites

• Law’s Long Arm.

Busting Pedophile Rings

The American owner of a bar in Cambodia that is frequented by international pedophiles was arrested in a faith-based human rights group’s effort to bring known pedophiles to justice.

The Oils of War

CEOs of U.S. defense contractors have pocketed huge amounts of spoils since the beginning of the “war on terror,” and CEOs at top U.S.

News Bites

-Holy Water.

Come All Ye Who Are Hungry...

Episcopal Bishops Still at Crossroads

At the request of Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, a group of U.S.

Hanging up the Phone Tax

The federal excise tax on long-distance phone calls, which began as part of the Spanish-American War effort in 1898, was repealed in May by the U.S. Treasury Department.