How CT Gets It Wrong

OK, so I got a subscription to Christianity Today.  I did it because the sweet daughter of some friends of ours asked us to subscribe to some magazines as a fundraiser for her school.  So I got CT.
I have never been impressed with CT's writing and my subscription confirms that, indeed, CT is the publication to wrap fish for the Christian ghetto.  Not only is the writing bad, the approach cautious, and the insights shallow, Christianity Today just fails to say anything - except that if you read this you are a boring Christian who never reads a national newpaper. 
So instead of rolling my eye when I read it, I figure I would make something constructive out of my disdain for CT by illustrating its shortfalls here.  Oh boy!
In the January 07 edition, the CT editorial page addresses the desire of the Democrat Congress to pass a bill providing federal funding for embryonic stem-cell research and the aftermath of the Ted Haggard issue.  Oh, this could be good. 
With respect to Congress' desire to  pay for research that have to date resulted in zero cures or therapies, CT decides to focus on the issue of how embryonic stem cell reseach is really about the desire to live forever and how that is bad.  Gee.  It discusses how the church could do such a better job on this issue by doing more to serve those close to death, like the elderly and ill, to enhance our understanding of the inevitabilty of death.  Hmmm.
I thought the issue in Congress was about embryonic stem cell reseach?  I thought all the evidence was on our side that in every instance embryonic stem cell research has been a complete boondogle and that the financial markets are staying away from embryonic stem cell research because real returns are occurring with therapies and cures from adult stem cells?  What Member of Congress is going to be persuaded by a conversation about how we really can't escape death?  Gimme a break.  What a bunch of navel gazing.
Let's turn to CT's coverage of the aftermath of Ted Haggard.  It is amazing that the CT editors could use two-thirds of a page to say nothing - and even admit it.  The last paragrah starts "Nothing new here, really."  That's what I want to read to help me cope with this issue and give answers to those who are struggling.  CT says that the answer to the question of how to avoid situations  like the Haggard matter is to realize that no one is "exempt from temptation" and that we should strive for holiness.  Does CT mention the screaming need for congregations to address the issues of sexual and relational broken-ness? No.  How about the upside down emphasis on church growth over personal accountability?  Nothing. 
In a month with so much going on, like the death of Saddam Hussein, you would think there would be a little bit of relevance at CT.  Until next issue, this is your CT crabby-pants signing off.