Politics and Religion

If you didn't catch the Diane Rehm Show on Tuesday, you should check it out. Her guests represented various viewpoints on the subject.

It just so happens that the Pew Research Center released a study on More Americans Question Religion's Role In Politics yesterday. The survey found that "a narrow majority of the public saying that churches and other houses of worship should keep out of political matters and not express their views on day-to-day social and political matters."

During the Tuesday DR Show, a listener called in with a very interesting comment. He said that Americans were more afraid of Atheists than Muslims. One of Rehm's guests confirmed that.

A 2005 study by Pew reports that, indeed, Americans are wary of Atheists.
Jews: 77% of those surveyed expressed overwhelmingly favorable opinions of Jews
Catholics: 73% favorable
Evangelical Christians: 57% favorable
Muslim-Americans: 57% favorable
Atheists: 35% express favorable opinions of atheists; 50% have a negative opinion of atheists.

A woman's place is in the kitchen. Still?

A friend sent me a link to this online series called Target Women. This short bit shows commercials of mothers fullfilling their duty of cooking for their family.

Bike Riding

I caught this story in yesterday's South Bend Tribune. I had no idea they had electric mopeds.

Scooter crazy: Motorists save by leaving car at home, riding on two wheels

Religiosity?

Alex Chadwick asked about Senator McCain's "religiosity" on today's Day to Day. That is a new vocabulary word for me.

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
re·li·gi·os·i·ty
/rɪˌlɪdʒiˈɒsɪti/
–noun
1. the quality of being religious; piety; devoutness.
2. affected or excessive devotion to religion.
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME religiosite religious + -itās -ity]

Paris Hilton's Response to McCain

Yahoo News has some behind the scenes info on Paris Hilton's video response to McCain's Anti-Obama ad.