by Ircel Harrison | Jan 5, 2018 | Opinion
The latest entry in the “Star Wars” canon, “The Last Jedi,” is an entertaining visual treat. Although it basically follows the structure of “The Empire Strikes Back,” it gives us as fans a solid second act in this new trilogy. I...
by Ircel Harrison | Dec 4, 2017 | Opinion
The story of American railroads in the 19th century is a focal point in Bob Johansen’s book, “The New Leadership Literacies.” Telegraph companies came to the railroad owners – ambitious people we often refer to as “robber barons”...
by Ircel Harrison | Nov 9, 2017 | Opinion
The messengers from First Baptist Church, Jefferson City, Tennessee, will not be seated at the annual meeting of the Tennessee Baptist Convention because they have called a woman as “senior pastor.” According to the organization’s constitution and...
by Ircel Harrison | Oct 27, 2017 | Opinion
Thurgood Marshall was a civil rights icon. As founder of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, he argued 32 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and won all but three. The most notable may have been Brown v. Board of Education, which threw out the “separate...
by Ircel Harrison | Sep 20, 2017 | Opinion
Early in the history of the Christian church, believers were divided into two groups – the clergy and the laity. Clergy were those called to a full-time Christian vocation. Laity were the men and women who pursued secular vocations and supported the ministry of...
