by Cliff Vaughn | Dec 18, 2009 | Opinion
Editor’s note: The documentary “A Place for All: Faith and Community for Persons with Disabilities” is currently airing on ABC-TV stations. Click here for local listings or here to order it on DVD. Most laypeople and perhaps most clergy haven’t...
by Cliff Vaughn | Dec 7, 2009 | Opinion
A man who firebombed a Tennessee mosque was sentenced in late November to 14 years in federal prison. Michael Corey Golden, who turned 24 the day after his sentencing, admitted making the Molotov cocktails that burned the Islamic Center of Columbia to the ground on...
by Cliff Vaughn | Nov 26, 2009 | Opinion
If you’ve ever been fascinated by the “star of Bethlehem,” then a new documentary from producer Stephen McEveety (“The Passion of the Christ”) on the celestial event won’t disappoint. The hour-long documentary is structured almost...
by Cliff Vaughn | Nov 20, 2009 | Opinion
“Who would’ve thought we’d have a black son before we knew a Democrat?” The line exemplifies the sly humor and social reality of “The Blind Side,” a new film by John Lee Hancock (“The Rookie”) about the real-life story...
by Cliff Vaughn | Nov 13, 2009 | Opinion
Roland Emmerich. The German director’s name is synonymous with motion-picture spectacle. “Independence Day” in 1996. “Godzilla” in 1998. “The Day After Tomorrow” in 2004. Destruction is his wheelhouse, and he brought his...