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Nevermind the assumption in this month’s SN article on politics and patriotism in sg that gospel music is synonymous with a particular conservative and/or fundamentalist ideological point of view (this pov may be dominant but not to the exclusion of all others). And never mind that three outta four of the guys interviewed fell back […]

Reader DB alerts me to this bit on Brian Speer’s blog (which I don’t have a URL for):
“I spoke to [Anthony Burger’s] wife Sunday and she said he would be so […]

Does the National Anthem really need its own re-education program? If so, forget about having people like the Oaks sing the anthem in prominent settings. The quickest way […]

Please tell me Jerry Kirksey did not just write a column in which he reduces the integration of Ole Miss to an amusing bon mot (light on the bon) about how hotheaded liberal kids […]

It looks like something’s in the air or the water or the conservative kool-aid was especially strong at the last get-together or something … because John Rulapaugh gives Jerry Kirskey a run for his money in his […]

So a few days back, I posted a link to a press release from Three Bridges. It caught my eye because, whereas I’ve complained before about releases that try to use mundane […]

It has nothing to do with southern gospel, but Ken Kirksey’s most recent post (sorry, the archives were down when I last checked at SN) is a must-read for any student of culture, politics, and religion. […]

Reader JT wrote with this interesting note yesterday:
I had an opportunity yesterday to attend a concert organized by Bill and Gloria Gaither in honor of Indiana’s new governor, Mitch Daniels, who is reportedly […]