by Robert Parham | Sep 1, 2009 | Opinion
Facing the testimony of some 100 witnesses, Francois Bazaramba, a former Baptist pastor, goes on trial Tuesday in Finland for his alleged organization of the murder of 5,000 Rwandans in the 1994 rampage of Hutu-led genocide. Bazaramba, a Hutu, obtained asylum in...
by Robert Parham | Aug 27, 2009 | Opinion
Before the moral question about the profit of private health insurance companies can be answered, we need to have more financial information from them. Here are some simple, straightforward and fair questions that need answers: How much profit do private insurance...
by Robert Parham | Aug 25, 2009 | Opinion
Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) told a packed town-hall meeting in Kingman, Ariz., that he is considering a lawsuit against President Obama over his birth certificate. For over a year, right-wing conspiracy theorists and political opportunists have argued that Obama is...
by Robert Parham | Aug 21, 2009 | Opinion
A deacon from a prominent Baptist church in the Nashville area entered my hospital room one evening in March 2005. Wearing a mask, gloves and a gown, he said he wanted to pray for me. I had acute leukemia. I had had rounds of chemo, a morphine drip, a cocktail of...
by Robert Parham | Aug 19, 2009 | Opinion
Covering a health-care rally on Aug. 13 in Nashville, the Tennessean reported, “Anti-reformers at the rally argued against government control of health-care delivery, particularly the use of translators for patients who do not speak English.” Fox...
