Daniel Radosh

Daniel Radosh

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Daniel Radosh is a freelance journalist, blogger and author of the forthcoming
book Rapture Ready! Adventures in the Parallel Universe of Christian
Pop Culture
. He is a contributing editor at The Week and his writing has appeared The New Yorker, The New York Times, Playboy, Esquire, GQand other publications. In the early 1990s, Radosh was a staff writer and editor at Spy magazine.

Blog Entries by Daniel Radosh

Bible Amusement Park Now Twice As Amusing

Posted May 6, 2008 | 10:22 AM (EST)


Not long ago, a team of entrepreneurs proposed building a Christian theme park outside of Nashville. If you were thinking of investing any money in the scheme, might I propose something less risky, like sub-prime mortgages.

According the web site, Bible Park USA will be "a one-of-a-kind, unlike-anywhere-else-in-the-world 'edutainment'...

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Hagee's Heresy

Posted March 4, 2008 | 11:50 AM (EST)


After endorsing John McCain, Texas pastor John Hagee has come under a bit of criticism for some of his comments about Catholics (and for generally being a dangerous war-whooping nutjob). But among some fundamentalist Christians, the real problem with Hagee is comments he may have...

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The American Idol Virgin's Mistake

Posted February 1, 2008 | 07:19 PM (EST)


Two weeks after getting the boot on American Idol, virgin-by-choice Bruce Dickson has become something of a hero among conservative Christians for enduring some mild ribbing about his chastity pledge (watch the video).

Dickson is not the first Idol figure to run on an...

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What Huckabee's Music Sounds Like When You Play It Backwards

Posted January 6, 2008 | 03:49 PM (EST)


In its coverage of the Iowa caucus, the New York Times quoted a pastor who said he'd be voting for Mike Huckabee despite his serious reservations about the candidate's belief that it's possible to serve "God and rock 'n' roll at the same time."

Huckabee plays bass...

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Chuck Norris Never Cries, He Sues

Posted December 28, 2007 | 04:45 PM (EST)


Last week, action star Chuck Norris sued the publisher and author of a new book based on the popular Internet meme Chuck Norris Facts. You know, like, "Chuck Norris's tears cure cancer. Too bad Chuck Norris has never cried."

Many of Norris's ironic fans were perplexed....

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What Would Jesus Do About Jamie Lynn?

Posted December 21, 2007 | 11:35 AM (EST)


Among the casualties of the Jamie Lynn Spears pregnancy -- alongside Jamie Lynn's career, Nickelodeon's cash cow, and the last remaining shred of 2007's dignity -- is Lynne Spears' memoir, Pop Culture Mom: A Real Story of Fame and Family in a Tabloid World.

Maybe any publisher would have...

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Don't Baptists Believe....?

Posted December 14, 2007 | 09:48 AM (EST)


Having made his point in the most weasely possible way -- "I'm not saying Mormonism is a Satanic cult, just asking" -- Mike Huckabee is now trying to ease away from his "Don't Mormons believe that Jesus and the devil are brothers?" remark with an equally weasely apology. His...

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Casting Out Demons in Colorado Springs

Posted December 10, 2007 | 03:42 PM (EST)


Tragic shootings can happen anywhere -- a school, a mall, Phil Spector's house -- but when the site of the carnage is New Life Church in Colorado Springs, the response is likely to be somewhat different. When it comes to violent crime and other societal ills, many evangelical Christians are...

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Score One for Journalistic Principles

Posted December 6, 2007 | 04:50 PM (EST)


After a while, tipping them just isn't exciting enough

This photo of a police officer shooting a cow triggered a reader outcry when it was published with a story in the Sanbury (Penn) Daily Item about two cows that "darted" onto the grounds of a...

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Bah, Hitchens

Posted December 4, 2007 | 12:14 PM (EST)


Christopher Hitchens spreads a little holiday cheer today with an essay denouncing Hanukkah. Like all Hitchens' work on religion, it's smart, witty and totally frustrating. Hitchens, you see, is at heart a fundamentalist. I don't mean that in the way people usually do: that he is so dogmatic and...

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Harry Potter and Why I'm Rubber and You're Glue

Posted July 20, 2007 | 04:43 PM (EST)


The final battle is upon us. Not that final battle, for which you'll still have to wait until midnight (or risk permanent eyestrain from reading poorly photographed pages), but rather the battle between healthy adult fans of Harry Potter who can handle the fact that the some newspapers have published...

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Don't Cry Over Spoiled Hallows

Posted July 19, 2007 | 04:56 PM (EST)


Certain Huffington Post bloggers Who Will Not Be Named have been shrieking and wailing like angry Howlers over the fact that some newspapers, including the The New York Times, dared to review Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows before Her Majesty J.K. Rowling gave...

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