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He admits that he "might have exaggerated Nixon's spirituality" in his own mind; says he prayed with George Bush the eve of the Gulf War and with Nancy Reagan the day after her husband was shot; and describes chastising Nancy Reagan for consulting an astrologer: "I urged her to seek guidance from the Lord instead."
Far from chastising Scurry, male sportswriters are congratulating her on her "savvy."
On the same Palm Sunday that saw O'Connor chastising Makobane for sharing Communion with Clinton, I wandered into St. John's Episcopal Church on Lafayette Square, opposite the White House.
Lonely Planet rails against this ghetto safari mentality, chastising, "If you're too scared to go on your own, stay in Midtown."
And bravo to George for chastising Clinton!