Quite a Discussion
Michael Totten has sparked quite a discussion on ethnic cleansing, total war, and lots of other things with a post from an interview. I won't even attempt to summarize it. It is very thought provoking. Read it here. Link from Instapundit.
Religion and Journalism
Thanks to Jeff Jarvis for making us aware of a new and interesting blog. It is The Revealer and is a publication of the New York University Department of Journalism and New York University's Center for Religion and Media. It's banner says that it is to be "A daily review of religion and the press." First glance looks good!
Jeff, himself, has an interesting post on the reformation in journalism which includes this excellent insight into The Reformation:
.... many have quoted that with this new medium, readers are now writers and writers are now readers.
Well, what that really means is that parishioners are now priests.
The priesthood is being displaced. Before the Reformation in the church, the priests were the holders of the Word; the priests were the only ones who could communicate to the power of God; the priests were the gatekeepers. Then Luther posted his 95 theses and the Bible was translated into the vulgate and printed by Gutenberg. Then then the people could pray directly to God. And the gatekeepers had to find new roles for themselves as caregivers and evangelists.
