by James L. Evans | Jul 11, 2008 | Opinion
It is probably too early to speculate how history will rate George W. Bush’s tenure as president. There will obviously be many words written about Sept. 11, the war in Iraq, tax cuts for the rich, the polarization of the country along partisan lines, the...
by James L. Evans | Jun 27, 2008 | Opinion
It was a noble experiment; risky but worth the risk. Human beings have inalienable rights, Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of Independence. A declaration of human rights. Of course, there were glaring omissions. Women did not have the same inalienable rights as...
by James L. Evans | Jun 20, 2008 | Opinion
I want to propose a new name for Alabama’s education system–one that more accurately portrays the true status of public education in our state. I propose we call our public schools “the Lazarus system.” Lazarus, you will recall, was a poor...
by James L. Evans | Jun 13, 2008 | Opinion
In March of this year, 11-year-old Kara Neumann of Weston, Wis., died as the result of a diabetic condition known as ketoacidosis. This condition is normally treatable with injections of insulin. When properly treated it is rarely fatal. But Kara’s parents did...
by James L. Evans | Jun 6, 2008 | Opinion
In our last episode of religion and politics on the campaign trail we left Sen. John McCain rejecting the endorsement of John Hagee. McCain found out that Hagee thought the Jews brought the Holocaust on themselves, because they would not leave Europe and move to...
