by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 5, 2011 | Opinion
Word is trickling out — slowly, because he wanted no fanfare — that B. Elmo Scoggin died in his sleep sometime late Friday night or early Saturday morning. Scoggin, who would have turned 96 this month, was Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament at...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 3, 2011 | Opinion
I’ve been keeping tabs on a new member of the neighborhood, a large black and yellow garden spider who hangs her web between a holly bush and the post holding our community doggy-doo can. The spider’s bright colors stand out against the background of brown...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Sep 30, 2011 | Opinion
I’ve had Iranian pastor Youcef Nadarkhani on my mind a lot this week. It’s hard not to: he’s been sentenced to hang for the crime of converting to Christianity when he was 19. He’s 34 now. First arrested in 2009 when he tried to follow the law...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Sep 29, 2011 | Opinion
Saudi Arabia is striding toward the future – about an inch at a time. And then backward about three-quarters of that. Saudi King Abdullah announced earlier that women in his country would finally get the right to vote and run for office – but not yet. Four years from...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Sep 28, 2011 | Opinion
Saudia Arabia is striding toward the future — about an inch at the time. And then backwards about three-quarters of that. Saudi King Abdullah announced earlier this week that women in his country would finally get the right to vote and run for office — but...
