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Various news outlets reported last week that after 30 years of marriage, Suzanne Hinn, wife of healing evangelist Benny Hinn, filed for divorce in California, citing irreconcilable differences.

This news may come as more of a shock to Hinn's faithful followers than his being named to the infamous Grassley Six. For Pentecostals and charismatic faithful, it's easy to say your ministry is failing because of the devil, but it's harder to blame the devil for the demise of a marriage.

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From the you-can't-make-this-stuff-up department, Candi Holyfield, wife of Evander Holyfield, has been granted a temporary restraining order against the boxer for hitting her. Why? Because she would not prove to her husband that she was tithing. According to court documents, Mrs. Holyfield asserted that after complaining about being cold in their mansion (had heating bill been paid?), Holyfield told her that she "needed to put God first in her life" and asked to see her checkbook to see if she had been tithing. When she refused, Holyfield hit her several times.

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When I heard the news about the earthquake in Haiti, I spoke on the phone with another RD writer, Michelle Gonzalez Maldonado, and said, "just wait. I know that this 'Curse Of Vodou' crap is going to hit the news sooner or later." 

Lo and behold, good old predictable Charismatic lunatic Pat Robertson is leading the pack once again.

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I slept with Tiger Woods. Unfortunately for my lawyer and my bank account, it was Tiger’s picture on my laptop that I fell asleep with, as I read about his sixth paramour. Now, two days later, it’s up to 10 women. I should have quit reading, called a lawyer and said I slept with Tiger; my student loans could be paid off by now.

Unfortunately, I don’t think I am Tiger’s type, even in an Ambien-induced haze! In the revelation of Tiger Woods’ multiple extramarital affairs, sin and marriage have been on my mind.

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Now that the hoopla surrounding Sarah Palin’s book tour has somewhat subsided, it’s time to figure out just what’s so important about it.

Only a few glimmers of reality have surrounded the coverage. For my money, Max Blumenthal, Saturday Night live, and Levi have it all figured out—and Billy Graham has allowed himself to be co-opted.

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If anyone thought that the hoopla surrounding Michael Jackson would all just “go away,” you’ve underestimated the power of media, suggestibility, and plain old hysteria. Adding to the endless coverage of Jackson death doings is now a ghostly apparition appearing during Larry King’s CNN broadcast from Neverland ranch that fans claim is Michael walking across his bedroom:

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