Holy Hullabaloos, The Blog

Try the Veal! My Attempt at a Comedy Routine

In the original draft of my book, I had a couple of pages where I compare the success of my law review article "Preparing for the Clothed Public Square: Teaching About Religion, Civic Education, and the Constitution," in which I argue that public schools should teach more about religion, with Stephen Prothero's "Religious Literacy" book, which made a similar argument and got him on the cover of Newsweek and on Oprah and Jon Stewart, things my article did not do for me.  Prothero is a great guy, very charismatic, very smart, the chair of BU's Religion Department, and an excellent writer.  I don't begrudge him any of his success.  But do I envy it?  You bet your ass.  Anyway, my editor at Beacon Press recommended we edit out some of the stuff about Prothero, which I did.  But I've been using a bit of the material as a comedy routine to end a couple of my readings, and here's a video of it from Malaprop's Bookstore in Asheville NC.  As a bonus, my 5 year old son Walter makes a late cameo.  Enjoy.  (here's a link to YouTube if you can't play it from here)

 

Our Family's Catch Phrase: "Daddy Doesn't Know"

Here's something you might not know about me and my family.  We have a catch phrase.  The catch phrase is "Daddy Doesn't Know," and I say it whenever my son or wife asks me a question that I don't know the answer to.  This happens quite often, as I don't know very many things.  It's a little more than just words though; it's kind of hard to describe, so if you'd like to see how it goes, check out this little video we made.  Enjoy.

Walter Reads Holy Hullabaloos

Now that I've gotten my galleys, Walter can start reading Holy Hullabaloos.  Here he is, just starting to get into it: