by Robert Parham | Nov 9, 2006 | Opinion
Tennessee Democratic senatorial candidate Harold Ford gave perhaps the most spiritually insightful remarks of any political candidate on the night of the mid-term elections. In contrast, surrounded by wealthy, all-white Republicans, victor Bob Corker neither addressed...
by Robert Parham | Nov 8, 2006 | Opinion
Democrats closed some of the so-called “God gap” with Republicans in Tuesday’s mid-term elections. They did so with candidates who claimed Jesus, quoted the Bible and talked about lessons learned in church, sounding sometimes more like preachers than...
by Robert Parham | Oct 31, 2006 | Opinion
Republicans have triggered their “Southern Strategy” in the Tennessee Senate race, as evidenced by a bare-shouldered white woman–an actress playing a blond Playboy bunny, who winks and whispers for African-American Democratic senatorial candidate...
by Robert Parham | Oct 24, 2006 | Opinion
As first lady of Mercer University, Lesli Underwood is most closely identified with Christian higher education. But she also is a strong advocate for public schools. “Public education advances democracy because it provides the free access to success to all...
by Robert Parham | Oct 23, 2006 | Opinion
President Bush gave a stunning disclaimer when asked Sunday on “ABC’s This Week” to explain the difference between “stay the course” and “cut and run” in the war in Iraq. “We’ve never been stay the course,...
