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In working on my Da Vinci story for the Herald, I had the opportunity to interview several interesting individuals. Below, the audio of the inverviews are posted.

The Rev. Steve Hogg of the First Baptist Church in Rock Hill, S.C. Hogg sees “The Da Vinci Code” as an attack on Christianity.

Audio of the interview:
[audio:Hoggs.mp3]

James Tabor is Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte where he has taught since 1989. Tabor’s controversial book “The Jesus Dynasty” was published earlier this spring.

Peter Judge is an assistant professor of religious studies at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, S.C.

Audio of the interview:
[audio:TabJudge.mp3]

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I published a story in the Rock Hill Herald on reaction to the Da Vinci Code.

First Amendment Battle

The San Francisco Chronicle is running a blog detailing the experience of two subpoenaed reporters. They were summoned by the Californica Justice Department for their stories on the BALCO and Major League Baseball scandal.

The University of Montana’s J-school has put together a fascinating project on people who were jailed for speaking their minds during WWI.

The man pictured above was sentenced to one to three years in prison for saying, “To hell with the United States government; **** on them; I don’t give a **** for them, I’m a Wobbly.”

A member of the Industrial Workers of the World - a union with socialist ties - was dubbed a Wobbly.

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I’m in the midst of finals but would like to offer kudos to the Herald for their online redesign.

Their webmaster might want to take note of the dysfunctional search button though.