by Robert Parham | Nov 12, 2009 | Opinion
Demonization of American Muslims is under way among conservative American Christians who think wrongly that President Obama is showing his true colors as a Muslim and Muslims shouldn’t be in the military. But this is not the first time that anxiety within...
by Robert Parham | Nov 11, 2009 | Opinion
When the Christian Coalition joins the National Wildlife Federation in urging the U.S. Senate to pass a bill that will address constructively climate change, one is tempted to think of the Hebrew prophet Isaiah’s vision of a time when the “wolf shall dwell...
by Robert Parham | Nov 6, 2009 | Opinion
The Fort Hood shootings present Americans with two choices about how they think about American Muslims. One choice is reactive and negative, taking a horrible act of one American Muslim, Major Nidal Hasan, and saying that he represents all American Muslims. Another...
by Robert Parham | Nov 5, 2009 | Opinion
No political deception this year has been more shameful than that of Sarah Palin, the Christian Right and many Republicans who have tried to sabotage health care reform with the canard of “death panels.” Even after many myth-debunking articles and reports,...
by Robert Parham | Nov 2, 2009 | Opinion
Baptist pastor Julius Scruggs had to preach wearing an eye patch after taking a blow during a stand-in to integrate a Nashville movie theater in the early 1960s. But he didn’t lose his moral vision. And two lawsuits over his recent election as president of the...