Sightings Articles

Allah's Trailblazer — R. Jonathan Moore

Minnesota's fifth congressional district is about to make some history. This past week, Keith Ellison defeated three challengers to receive the Democrat-Farmer-Labor Party's nomination for the U.S. House of Representatives. Given the district's De...

September 21, 2006

No, There Is NOT a Holy Roller Coaster -- R. Jonathan Moore

In Florida, Orange County property appraiser William Donegan wants to tax Christ's tomb. One can only assume that his position is not an elected one. Donegan is seeking to generate revenue not just from Jesus' tomb, but also from the city of ...

November 29, 2001

Trying to Neuter a Lion

Like the lion Aslan himself, the controversy over HarperCollins's handling of C.S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia just won't die. Last Monday's Sightings column referred to the publishing company's plans to "reissue the Lewis's Chronicles of Na...

July 5, 2001

Is Alpha the Omega? -- R. Jonathan Moore

Having recently concluded its second season, CBS's "Survivor" has insinuated itself so seamlessly into the American mind that even those of us willfully ignorant of the show know what it means to be "voted off the island." The wild success of this so...

May 24, 2001

Grasping at Symbols -- R. Jonathan Moore

The "Great Dissenter" Oliver Wendell Holmes once wrote that, in America, "we live by symbols." These words came to mind as I scanned a cluster of recent church-state stories. In Kentucky, a familiar battle continues over posting the Ten Commandmen...

December 14, 2000

Charlie Ward and Religious Ignorance by R. Jonathan Moore

It's been well over a week since a New York Times Magazine article by Eric Konigsberg portrayed Knicks point guard Charlie Ward as a crypto-anti-Semite. By now the story's details are probably familiar. To research his story, the author often...

December 4, 2000

The Muslims Are Coming! The Muslims Are Coming! -- R. Jonathan Moore

With Joseph Lieberman on the Democratic ticket, this political season may offer a chance to measure anew the dimensions of American prejudice. Another recent test of the limits of religious tolerance can be found in south-suburban Chicago. Having out...