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Faith group to target Bachmann on jobs bill

By Andy Birkey | 09.26.11 | 7:58 am

The group will reenact a version of the biblical story of Loaves and Fishes to show that “Jesus created abundance from scarcity,” just as the groups says Congress could do with the President’s jobs package.

Give Presence — and solve the water crisis this Christmas

By Paul Schmelzer | 12.03.08 | 4:12 pm

Americans spend $450 billion on Christmas every year. What it’d cost to ensure clean water for everyone in the world: $10 billion. That’s part of the message of a new video by the Advent Conspiracy, which urges a…

God’s Army: A short guide to Sarah Palin’s religious worldview

By Andy Birkey | 10.02.08 | 2:02 pm

Media coverage of Sarah Palin during the run-up to her debate with Democratic counterpart Joe Biden has focused increasingly on her apparent ignorance in matters of policy and public affairs, and understandably so. But it’s an open question whether all the things Sarah Palin doesn’t know are really more disturbing than the things Palin believes she does know as a function of her religious faith.

Here’s a guide.