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Why is the administration at Morehouse College spending time worrying about the “thuglike orientation in dress, speech, and social behavior” of recent incoming freshmen?

A boy is killed by police in a Greek town and four days of riots and protest ensue.

And so the world still turns. No rapture, no living hell, no Armageddon. We are where we were before the weekend with no signs of Christ’s return, facing the same ol’ same ol’: Arnold’s love child, Newt’s flame-out, life without Oprah. Perhaps this might be a nice teachable moment to reflect on all this—not nonsense at all, but rather an illuminating cultural moment that reveals an awful lot about the role of religion in our crazy world. What are the key takeaways from the “mediapocalypse”? Here are five for your consideration:

The old story of Muslims seeking this or opposing that, is transformed as Indian Muslims pull together to help heal a nation.

This is a world in which all the dials are turned up to 11—there’s more risk, more conflict, more drama. It’s a world where a few men have over 100 children apiece. One guy has over 250. Drab or dismal it’s not.

The right of workers is one of the foundations of Catholic Social Teaching, so why did the Vatican oppose the teachers’ union?

In another stunner from the right wing, a best-selling conservative author discovers that gays can be Christians too.

According to a pathbreaking new book, Wal-Mart’s success in reframing traditional gender roles, bending the curricula of business schools, and sanctifying working-class consumer capitalism, help explain the connections between conservative politics, the market economy, and family values.

Get off the Bling & ask the hard questions…

Anarchy or the JFK…