by Michael Helms | Feb 6, 2007 | Opinion
What would you do if you learned that three of your friends were planning to do something criminal? Matt Atkinson, a high school senior at East High School in Green Bay, Wis., was told by three of his friends that they planned to carry out a Columbine-style attack on...
by Michael Helms | Oct 17, 2006 | Opinion
Beginning with President Ronald Reagan, Republicans sought a moral high road, courting the Christian vote to eventually claim both the House and the Senate. The sexual indiscretions of President Clinton seemed to foster a resurgence of interest among many churchgoing...
by Michael Helms | May 30, 2006 | Opinion
We raised you to leave us. It’s not natural for you to stay in the nest forever. We want to fly, to mount up with wings as eagles. For the graduating class of 2006, life is about to change a very dramatic way. I know you are excited about spreading your wings...
by Michael Helms | May 17, 2006 | Opinion
I don’t want to sound like some poor soul locked into a constraining fundamentalist religion that keeps me from enjoying life; nor do I want to sound pious or preachy. It’s just a fact of my life–I’ve never drank a beer. I’ve never had a...
by Michael Helms | Jan 24, 2006 | Opinion
Pat Robertson opened his mouth and inserted his foot again recently. He traced the assassination of former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin as well as the recent massive stroke of current Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to the hand of God, saying these were punishments for...
