Sightings Articles
Religion Overwhelms in News
Sightings this week belongs to the “catching our breath” or “cleaning our glasses” category of columns. Note that for once it lists no sources or resources at the end. There are simply too many to cite. We cannot recall, in our sixteen years of “sigh...
June 29, 2015
"Charlie Hebdo's" Haunting Question: Should We Have the Right To Blaspheme?
EDITOR'S NOTE: Geoffrey Stone's comments were first delivered in early March when he introduced a University of Chicago event featuring Charlie Hebdo journalist, Zineb El Rhazoui. Why do we care about freedom of expression? Perhaps the simples...
April 23, 2015
In 2014, Marriage and Contraception Dominated US Religion News -- Nathan C. Walker
As expected, marriage and contraception dominated 2014’s domestic religion news headlines. At this time last year, same-sex marriage was legal in fifteen states, plus the District of Columbia. Today, 70 percent of the US population lives in a state w...