by Gene Davenport | Dec 7, 2009 | Opinion
The question of the role of government versus individual rights is at least as old as the 17th century. The concept of individual rights arose from the view that because reason is the primary characteristic of human beings, all human beings have the right to select...
by Gene Davenport | Dec 1, 2009 | Opinion
Although I write this column from a biblical perspective, regular readers are aware that I usually attempt to present a view that I think might commend itself to a larger audience than simply Christians and Jews. Recent comments on some Christian talk shows about the...
by Gene Davenport | Nov 17, 2009 | Opinion
In some respects, President Obama is like the man who, in an old story, caught a tiger by the tail. There is danger in holding on and danger in turning loose. Though he inherited three major problems – the economy, health care and U.S. involvement in Iraq and...
by Gene Davenport | Nov 11, 2009 | Opinion
Editor’s note: Gene Davenport gave the following remarks at the Lambuth University Quadrangle in Jackson, Tenn., on May 7, 1970. He delivered them in response to students’ invitation to speak about violence at Kent State University that claimed four lives....
by Gene Davenport | Sep 16, 2009 | Opinion
The present health-care situation reflects the blessing and the curse of technology. By technology I refer not simply to machines, but to the complex, interlocking system in which we use our presumed knowledge from the sciences in an effort to control our environment,...
