by Tony W. Cartledge | Nov 21, 2011 | Opinion
Pullen Baptist Church in Raleigh has taken the rare action of voting to prohibit the pastor from acting as an agent of the state in legalizing marriages until the state grants the same opportunity for legal marriage to gay couples. The vote, held Nov. 20, was...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Nov 18, 2011 | Opinion
Sometimes we carry assumptions so deeply that we simply refuse to let them be challenged, even if we have to ignore obvious evidence to the contrary. A checkpoint departing BethlehemBack in September, Christian ethicists David Gushee and Glenn Stassen released...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Nov 16, 2011 | Opinion
When work piles up and deadlines loom large, it’s easy to ignore other matters — like the soul’s need to breathe. Thankfully, nature sometimes remedies that with the long fingers of an irresistable day. After a marathon weekend of writing, I came to...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Nov 14, 2011 | Opinion
Today’s paper carries an article about a bunch of new mobile phone apps designed to help consumers compare prices and find deals on the fly. I don’t think I’ll be downloading many of them. The photo in the online version shows a woman in a grocery...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Nov 11, 2011 | Opinion
There’s been an awful lot of misdirected anger expressed by Penn State students and fans the past few days, since legendary football coach Joe Paterno was fired in the wake of a sex abuse scandal involving a former assistant coach. Students rioted in the streets...
