by Robert Parham | Apr 30, 2014 | Opinion
Bruce Springsteen’s lyrics from the song “Streets of Philadelphia” have never been more haunting. “I heard voices of friends vanished and gone … Night has fallen, I’m lyin’ awake. I can feel myself fading away,” he sings. Two...
by Robert Parham | Apr 24, 2014 | Opinion
Good and Evil. Constructive and destructive. Transformation and degeneration. Has such not always been the interlocking nature with the technology of communication? TV brings into our homes inspiring stories about the better angels among us, alerts us to impending...
by Robert Parham | Apr 15, 2014 | Opinion
Prisons are the largest providers of mental health. Cliff Vaughn and I heard that narrative in Indiana and Tennessee while producing “Through the Door.” We first encountered it when we interviewed Rich Larsen, public information officer at the Wabash...
by Robert Parham | Apr 8, 2014 | Opinion
Sam Tolbert has announced that he is running for the presidency of the National Baptist Convention of America Inc. (NBCA), with the election to be held June 25, 2014, in Memphis, Tenn. NBCA is one of the major African-American Baptist denominations, with 1.5 million...
by Robert Parham | Apr 1, 2014 | Opinion
Albeit much maligned, the Protestant work ethic is preferable to the secular entitlement ethic. If you are curious about the restoration of the Protestant work ethic with the focus on hard work and thrift – and without the theological claim that it is evidence of...
