by Robert Parham | May 29, 2002 | Opinion
What do raising thoroughbred horses, peddling age-defying shakes, mining gold in Liberia and mining diamonds in Zaire have in common? The answer is Pat Robertson, the same one who headed the Christian Coalition and hosts the “700 Club.” In late April, the...
by Robert Parham | Apr 23, 2002 | Opinion
Israel is entitled to the West Bank, according to Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., “because God said so.” Speaking on the floor of the U.S. Senate, Inhofe gave seven reasons why Israel has the right to its land. The first six reasons were a mix of religion and...
by Robert Parham | Apr 11, 2002 | Opinion
Key “hot button” issues, such as abortion and homosexuality, concerned few adults, according to a survey of the conservative Barna Research Organization. “The issues often associated with moral decay were not significant to adults,” reported a...
by Robert Parham | Apr 8, 2002 | Opinion
Teaching ethics can be a lucrative, albeit shady, profession, specifically if you are running for a U.S. Senate seat. James M. Talent earned $90,000 a year teaching two ethics courses to 20 students per class at Washington University, a private school in St. Louis....
by Robert Parham | Mar 11, 2002 | Opinion
Billy Graham’s anti-Semitic conversation in the White House with President Richard Nixon in 1972 is another stain in the often soiled relationship between evangelicals and Jews. According to tapes released by the National Archives, Graham said Jews had a...