Barack Obama cannot help that the election campaign until now has been mostly about him — his background, his personality, his race, his politics, his oratory, his church, his newness, his inexperience, his family, his primary victories, his victory over … More →

August 26, 2008

Read excerpts from Kim Lawton’s August 15, 2008 interview in Washington, DC, with former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee about the McCain campaign, Republican platform issues, and the convictions of the candidate: I think the Republicans are going to see … More →

August 22, 2008

Read excerpts from Kim Lawton’s August 17, 2008 interview with Pastor Rick Warren at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California: On the August 16 forum with Obama and McCain: Rick Warren I think it fulfilled the goal that I wanted … More →

August 22, 2008

FRED DE SAM LAZARO, guest anchor: Hundreds of government officials and activists wrapped up a meeting in Bangkok this week by calling for more efforts to curb the exploitation of children. East Asia and the Pacific region have been especially … More →

August 22, 2008

The major Hindu festival of Janmashtami celebrates the birth of the popular deity Krishna — and with a real baby.

August 22, 2008

Read more of Kim Lawton’s interview with Leah Daughtry, chief executive of the 2008 Democratic Convention: Q: Tell us a little bit about the many ways religion and faith-based ideas and people will be incorporated into the convention this year. … More →

August 22, 2008

FRED DE SAM LAZARO, guest anchor: The election season moves into high gear this week with the Democratic National Convention in Denver, followed by the Republican gathering in St. Paul. Religion continues to play an unusually prominent role in the … More →

August 22, 2008

Evangelical megachurch pastor Rick Warren questions the candidates about moral failures, faith, and abortion.

August 18, 2008

TIM O’BRIEN, guest anchor: A birth, a marriage, a death — these events are often surrounded by religious ritual and tradition. But how are those passages in life observed by those who do not believe in a God? We went … More →

August 15, 2008

Editor’s note: Dr. McCullough died in Maine on June 3, 2016. he was 72. Excerpted and adapted from remarks by Dennis McCullough, M.D. at an interfaith service, Kendal at Hanover, April 15, 2007 Then the King will say to those … More →

August 15, 2008