by Tony W. Cartledge | Jan 20, 2012 | Opinion
I’ve been grousing for some time that the word “evangelical” has been hijacked, misunderstood, or otherwise transmogrified into a synonym for “Christian fundamentalist,” which has led to all sorts of confusion in political discussions and...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jan 18, 2012 | Opinion
Could it really be 18 years? Eighteen years since the cold January morning when seven-year-old Bethany and I happened along as a hopelessly drunk young man pointed his truck from bar to home, only to meet us in between? Could it be 18 years since that sweet girl...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jan 16, 2012 | Opinion
A weekend meeting of more than 100 religious Republican activists resulted in a majority of them favoring Rick Santorum’s run for the Republican nomination as a candidate for president. That may or may not do much for Santorum, since it apparently took three...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jan 16, 2012 | Opinion
The Bible is filled with liberal bias. Did you know this? Even the King James Version. That’s why a bunch of anonymous right-wingers are producing a new translation designed to cut out all that liberal stuff. Seriously. I wrote about this misguided project...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jan 13, 2012 | Opinion
They’re burying Josephine Hendrix today, and the world is a poorer place following her death this week, at the age of 79. Known to her many students as “Dr. Jo” and to her friends simply as “Jo,” she could as well have been called...
