by John D. Pierce | Dec 31, 2009 | Opinion
With my mind in neutral this morning it is hard to be analytical. Yet this is the time to reflect on the past year — and, in this case, the closing decade.Having watched more TV and read more news than usual during the holidays, it seems that about all one could say...
by John D. Pierce | Dec 29, 2009 | Opinion
Ten years ago today my family moved to Macon, Ga. from the North Atlanta suburbs. It was an event I once swore would never take place.In the summer of ‘77 I drove a van load of teens from Thomaston, Ga., on a July night to feast at the former Farrell’s Ice Cream...
by John D. Pierce | Dec 29, 2009 | Opinion
Parents whose sons and daughters go to Truett-McConnell College in Cleveland, Ga., can rest assured that soon every faculty member will have expressed allegiance to the narrow doctrinal confines of the 2000 Baptist Faith and Message statement. According to an...
by John D. Pierce | Dec 26, 2009 | Opinion
A terrorist suspect tries to blow up an airplane headed for Detroit. A woman tackles the Pope during Christmas Eve Mass. A Salvation Army officer is shot dead in Little Rock, Ark.So much for Christmas cheer. Violence is everywhere. Such was the world into which the...
by John D. Pierce | Dec 24, 2009 | Opinion
Americans feel much more vulnerable at the end of this decade than they did at the beginning. That was the assessment of a panel on an early morning TV news show today.Examples were numerous and convincing with the terror attacks of 2001 at the top. But there were...
