Posted by philhardwick on July 6, 2009
Today I will be sending a small financial contribution in honor of my high school coach and beloved friend to many to:
Bob Stevens Memeorial Scholarship Fund
Southern Mississippi Athletics c/o Athletic Foundation
118 College Drive
P.O. Box 5017
Hattiesburg, MS 39406
Click here to read his obituary. So long, Coach.
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Posted by philhardwick on July 6, 2009
There were quite a few inaugurations in Mississippi last week. At most, if not all, of them a prayer were delivered by a local minister. Even Presidential inaugurations feature a prayer.
Steve Waldman, Editor-in-Chief of Beliefnet, has performed a great public service by collecting the texts of all Presidential inaugural prayers from 1937 to date. Click here to read them.
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What was Washington Post thinking?
Posted by philhardwick on July 6, 2009
The Washington Post’s publisher apologized to readers Sunday for a plan to charge business leaders and lobbyists for intimate dinner discussions with government officials and the newspaper’s journalists. A flier surfaced last week promoting a plan to charge $25,000 to sponsor one of a series of dinner parties that would include off-the-record conversations with Post journalists and access to Washington insiders. More . . .
Click here to read the publisher’s apology.
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