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September 17th, 2008
We’re Reading…
Busted Halo® Contributors Sound Off On What They're Reading On The Web Right Now
Busted Halo’s® contributors are an eclectic bunch of media-lovers who spend a good deal of their time checking out what is going on all over the web—from blogs and videos to what’s being covered in the mainstream press. If you like the content, approach and tone of Busted Halo, this new department will give you an opportunity to see what the people behind the Halo are reading out there in the cybersphere, blogosphere…and anything-else-sphere they might come across. It’s also a chance for us to highlight other great sites, writers etc that we love but don’t have the chance tell you about most of the time. We’ll be updating “We’re Reading…” often so please make sure you stop back to see what we’re thinking/talking/complaining about.
Archive
- Phil Fox Rose is reading the full transcript of Obama’s 2004 interview about his spirituality, conducted by Chicago Sun Times columnist Cathleen Falsani before he became a senator, on beliefnet.
- Christine Whelan is reading Therese Borchard’s Beliefnet blog on why joining Facebook became an obsession for her.
- Bill McGarvey is reading Christine Whelan’s article on using Buddhist mindfulness to help in your relationships.
- Greg Ruehlmann is reading about the potential excommunication of Fr. Roy Bourgeois in National Catholic Reporter.
- Bill McGarvey is reading Thomas Friedman’s How to Fix a Flat column in the NY Times.
- Bill McGarvey is reading “Donald Fagen Defends Steely Dan To Friends” in The Onion.
- Phil Fox Rose is reading “A New Counter-Reformation Starts at the Vatican” in the Wall Street Journal
- Bill McGarvey is reading Peter Steinfels’ NYT column in the on how Catholics voted in 2008.
- Brittany is reading about the discovery of the largest ancient Christian Church in BBC news
- Brittany is reading USCCB’s news release “Chicago Young Adult Receives National Award For Empowerment Of Immigrants”
- Trish Muyco-Tobin is reading the AP article on Catholic bishops’ plans to confront Obama on abortion
- Jarrad is reading the New York Post piece about public prayer booths as art.
- Phil Fox Rose is reading “The Cognitive Benefits of Nature” on Jonah Lehrer’s blog, The Frontal Cortex. (Hat tip: Andrew Sullivan.)
- Greg Ruehlmann is reading Leonard Pitts, Jr.’s column about the ascension of Obama.
- Brittany Janis is reading the NY Times article on the Catholic-Muslim seminar and How the Pope seeks to strengthen ties with the Muslim world.
- Brittany Janis is reading the NY Times article on the world reaction to the election…
- Brittany is reading: “God, politics and the Kennedys” in BBC world news.
- As election day approaches, Robert Anthony Siegel is spending way too much time on Realclearpolitics.com, checking the polls:
- Marc Adams is reading…The Homeless in Washington DC by Dolph L. Hatfield
- Christine B. Whelan is reading the US Catholic interview with Donna Freitas, author of Sex and the Soul, a book about the hook-up culture on college campuses.
- Trish Muyco Tobin is reading E. J. Dionne’s Washington Post column on how Catholics are realizing they can no longer be single-issue voters.
- Gregory Ruehlmann is reading the Cincinnati Enquirer’s article about the newly named successor to Daniel Pilarczyk as Archbishop of Cincinnati.
- Jarrad Venegas is reading about the success of the Clear Creek Monastery
- Stephanie Burton is reading Michael Hyatt’s Twitter blog. The chief executive of Thomas Nelson, the Christian book publishers, says Twitter helps him humanize his company and connect with his employees, customers and authors.
- Christine Whelan is reading “Confession for Orthodox Jews: Transfer your sins to a chicken–and then slaughter it?”
- Robert Anthony Siegel is reading “Catholic Church Riven By Internal Debate,” on what social justice and respect for life mean in this year’s election.
- Gregory Ruehlmann is reading “Your DVD Player Sleeps with the Fishes,” an article about the restoration of the “Godfather” series.
- Dr. Christine B. Whelan is reading “Is My Money Safe?”
- Trish Muyco-Tobin is reading “Two Options for Weathering Economic Storms.”
- Mike Hayes is reading “America Magazine on Catholic Social Teaching and the Economy.”
- Stephanie is reading “God’s Economy & Wall Street” by Jimmy Spencer
- Brittany Morgan Janis is reading “Boom-Bust-Boom Town” on New York City’s history of financial crisis.
- Robert Anthony Siegel is reading “Wasilla Watch: Sarah Palin and the Rape Kits,” a really startling piece on Palin’s record as mayor.
- Bill McGarvey is reading the NY Time’s “In Bailout Vote, a Leadership Breakdown”
- Robert Anthony Siegel is reading “Barak Obama, John McCain, and the Language”– a sharp and compact look at the racial dynamics underlying the campaigns
- Gregory Ruehlmann is reading John Kavanaugh’s editorial “letter to Obama” from America magazine.
- Robert Anthony Siegel is reading Factcheck.org to compare what the candidates are saying and what is actually true.
- Bill McGarvey recommends Robert Anthony Siegel’s essay on Nextbook. Almost 65 years after the Holocaust, why does genocide keep happening?
- Bill McGarvey is reading the NYT’s “Abortion Issue Again Dividing Catholic Votes”
- Robert Siegel recommends: Danya Ruttenberg, author of “Surprised By God,” talks about her journey from ironic hipster to rabbi on Nextbook.org
- Dr. Christine Whelan recommends: Huffington Post’s Susan Smalley on Writing as Meditation.








