May 5, 2008

GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
Hispanic evangelicals hold potent votes, experts say
Mark I. Pinsky and Jeannette Rivera-lyles/Orlando Sentinel (05/05/2008)
Hispanic Pentecostals, some experts say, can become an important swing vote in the 2008 elections in key demographic battlegrounds such as Florida, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and North Carolina.

Catholics reflect schism in Democratic base
Brian C. Mooney/Boston Globe (05/05/2008)
For both campaigns, the issue of Catholic voters reflects the reality of a Democratic electorate that has split along lines of class, race, gender, and age.

A Turbulent Pastor
Holly Bailey/Newsweek (05/12/2008)
John McCain likes to think of himself as a straight shooter—a man of honor who doesn't duck tough questions. But at least one question does get him bobbing and weaving: why doesn't he renounce the endorsement of Pastor John Hagee, the San Antonio televangelist who has offended Roman Catholics and other groups?

DEATH PENALTY
Execution To Be First Since Penalty Upheld
CBS/AP (05/05/2008)
A Georgia board Monday denied condemned killer William Earl Lynd's clemency bid, paving the way for him to likely become the nation's first inmate put to death since the U.S. Supreme Court held that lethal injection is constitutional.

DOCTRINE AND PRACTICE
A Fiery Theology Under Fire
Michael Powell/New York Times (05/04/2008)
Black liberation theology was a radical movement born of a competitive time.

HISTORY
Dallas Holocaust Museum relics preserve memories of atrocities
Eric Aasen/Dallas Morning News (05/05/2008)
Nearly every week, unsolicited items arrive at the downtown museum. Some come from Holocaust survivors or the people who liberated them. They also come from families of survivors who discover items tucked way in their attics, garages and other areas. Some items are found at estate sales.

DEATH AND DYING
For the Elderly, Being Heard About Life’s End
Jane Gross/New York Times (05/05/2008)
Grounded in research at the Dartmouth Medical School, slow medicine encourages physicians to put on the brakes when considering care that may have high risks and limited rewards for the elderly, and it educates patients and families how to push back against emergency room trips and hospitalizations designed for those with treatable illnesses, not the inevitable erosion of advanced age.

ARTS AND MEDIA
Something Wasn’t Wright
Allison Samuels/Newsweek (05/12/2008)
Why Oprah Winfrey left Rev. Jeremiah Wright's church.