This day in god/s

On this the day of our lord, Mayor Sam remembers Aimee Semple McPherson, the LA radio evangelist of the 1920s. She built the Angelus Temple in Echo Park, where she was known for her dramatical sermons, once even driving a motorcycle on stage. When she disappeared into the ocean in 1926, followers went looking desperately to find her; one drowned. But she showed up five weeks later; Mayor Sam explains what happened.

The LA Times' most e-mailed story today is Islamic Truths, an op-ed by Mansoor Ijaz, an American Muslim. "For many of my American friends," he writes, "I am a voice of reason in a sea of Islamist darkness."

We love Wikipedia. In documenting the Muhammed cartoon controversy, they've got a scan of the original page that ran in the Dutch Oops! Danish paper Jyllands-Posten. We hope nobody protests their offices (does Wikipedia have offices?)