by Jan Turrentine | Sep 5, 2003 | Opinion
For evidence that Christian Americans hold diverse and even conflicting ideas about the meaning of justice and how to pursue it, look no further than the southeastern United States. Paul Hill, a former pastor, was executed Sept. 3 in Florida for the murder of Dr. John...
by Jan Turrentine | Aug 29, 2003 | Opinion
The outgoing president of a state university in the South was in the news of late. According to newspapers, his annual salary was $365,000, the second-highest in the nation for a university president. That’s more than twice the compensation for the mayor of the...
by Jan Turrentine | Aug 22, 2003 | Opinion
A Massachusetts woman whose 15-year-old son was left comatose by a hit-and-run driver had to be physically removed from the courtroom after launching into a tirade against the man accused of the crime. He allegedly struck her son with his SUV, dragged him half a block...
by Jan Turrentine | Aug 15, 2003 | Opinion
“I was provided with additional input that was radically different from the truth. I assisted in furthering that version,” Colonel Oliver North said in his Iran-Contra testimony. “If you take out the killings, Washington actually has a very low crime...
by Jan Turrentine | Aug 8, 2003 | Opinion
Can you recall the jobs or professions of the following television characters from the past? –Jim Anderson, “Father Knows Best” –Mike Brady, “The Brady Bunch” –Archie Bunker, “All in the Family” –Tom...
