by James L. Evans | Nov 20, 2009 | Opinion
In South Carolina a U.S. district judge ruled on Nov. 10 that it was illegal for the state to promote Christianity on license plates. At issue was a plan by Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer to offer a car tag with the words, “I Believe.” The tag would also feature a...
by James L. Evans | Nov 15, 2009 | Opinion
The continuing flux in the stock market has created a near constant state of anxiety in the financial world. The roller coaster behavior of the Dow, along with its erstwhile companion the Nasdaq Stock Market, has been so unpredictable for the past year that even...
by James L. Evans | Nov 6, 2009 | Opinion
There is a constant refrain in the faith tradition shared by Jews and Christians. It begins with the Law of Moses, flows through the prophets and finds perfect expression in the teaching of Jesus. This refrain is God’s concern for the poor. People of faith who...
by James L. Evans | Oct 30, 2009 | Opinion
In “Parting the Waters,” the Pulitzer-Prize winning story of the early years of the civil rights movement, Taylor Branch describes some of the differences between Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s goals and those of the NAACP. King, following the...
by James L. Evans | Oct 23, 2009 | Opinion
I just finished Dan Brown’s latest thriller, “The Lost Symbol.” Don’t worry. I’m not going to give anything away. I will say that the book is a real page-turner in the same spirit as his previous two novels – “The da Vinci...
