November 06, 2009

Books

Pro Bono

We Get to Carry Each OtherThe Gospel According to U2Greg GarrettWestminster John Knox Press, $16.95, 176 pp.

Rodney Clapp

Stereotypical rock stars use their fame to get sex, or as an excuse to trash hotel rooms and smash their guitars. U2’s lead singer Bono uses his rock-star status to gain an audience with billionaires like Bill Gates. “It was late, we’d had a few drinks, and Bono was all fired up over a scheme to get companies to help tackle global poverty and disease,” Bill Gates report (...)


 

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