by Robert Parham | Oct 6, 2011 | Opinion
Are white Baptist clergy in Alabama doing today on immigration what their predecessors did in the days of segregation – hiding behind the law to keep from taking a moral stand for a just society? Or do they really support the law that is considered the...
by Robert Parham | Sep 30, 2011 | Opinion
The Baylor University report on “The Values and Beliefs of the American Public” found that 40.9 percent of Americans “strongly agree” and 32.2 percent “agree” that “God has a plan for them.” What exactly that means is...
by Robert Parham | Sep 28, 2011 | Opinion
Corrections Corporation of America is a private prison corporation that profits from anti-immigration laws it helps to pass. National Public Radio reported in October 2010: “NPR spent the past several months analyzing hundreds of pages of campaign finance...
by Robert Parham | Sep 23, 2011 | Opinion
Legendary football coach Bobby Bowden spoke at the first Baptist Center for Ethics conference in 1992. The now retired Florida State University coach drew to an ethics conference folk who probably would never have attended an ethics conference. His presence and...
by Robert Parham | Sep 12, 2011 | Opinion
We are entering a new war against public education, according to an article posted Aug. 17 in Slate, a daily web magazine. The headline read, “The GOP’s New War on Schools.” As if on cue, Texas Republican Gov. Rick Perry degraded public education the...