by Robert Parham | Mar 2, 2009 | Opinion
James Dobson’s detractors responded with glee to his announced resignation as chair of the board of directors of Focus on the Family. The reaction of his supporters was muted. Dobson’s decision probably means less than his detractors hope, more than his supporters...
by Robert Parham | Feb 25, 2009 | Opinion
President Barack Obama’s first address to a joint session of Congress stood light-years apart from President George Bush’s 2005 State of the Union address. Flushed with confidence from his re-election, Bush began, Tonight, with a healthy, growing economy,...
by Robert Parham | Feb 22, 2009 | Opinion
With only a few minutes left in his address at the New Baptist Covenant gathering Jan. 31, former president Jimmy Carter asked the 1,200 congregants at Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., How many believe we are saved by the grace of God through our...
by Robert Parham | Feb 18, 2009 | Opinion
With a growing percentage of Americans avoiding wedlock, the federal government has decided to fund a $5 million media campaign to promote marriage, beginning this month. That’s right, a whopping $5 million. The federal government apparently doesn’t think...
by Robert Parham | Feb 16, 2009 | Opinion
The cry of “socialism” is the Christian Right’s new sling blade in its attacks against President Barack Obama, disclosing full-throated anger and repeating the same charge as the political right. “I predict the Obama Administration will not only give illegal aliens...