by Robert Parham | Aug 13, 2007 | Opinion
Belmont United Methodist Church in Nashville, Tenn., has a large, simple green sign with white letters facing a well-traveled street: “A Call to Your Conscience: SaveDarfur.org.” A large postcard with the call to conscience message sits under a magnet on a...
by Robert Parham | Aug 10, 2007 | Opinion
“Newsweek” exposed this week the axis of corporations and conservative organizations that oppose the scientific evidence that human actions are causing global warming as the “denial machine.” The magazine’s insightful overview of...
by Robert Parham | Aug 6, 2007 | Opinion
Partisan political power matters morally. Partisan politics are often necessary in a sinful world. That doesn’t mean partisan politics equal moral perfection or that one party is the party of God. It does mean that partisan power has the potential to establish a...
by Robert Parham | Aug 1, 2007 | Opinion
The quick answer is that we seldom think about evil. If we do, we mostly projected it upon others. We almost never think about evil as something that our own nation does. No, if evil surfaces in our country, it is some horrible individual act. And even then, we...
by Robert Parham | Jul 31, 2007 | Opinion
Every minute the United States government spends $200,000 in Iraq, as human suffering worsens, not counting the violence of suicide bombers and roadside bombs. So, where is the United States spending its tax revenue in Iraq? Ending malnutrition among children...