by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 22, 2007 | Opinion
Folks who love their liquor will have a harder time pretending that drinking alcohol is anything but stupid, according to a recent article in the Chicago Tribune.And you don’t even have to “get stupid” to be stupid.While the media went overboard...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 19, 2007 | Opinion
While driving to work on Thursday, my pre-dawn progress came to a standstill in a foggy bottom just south of a one-stop-light town not known for its traffic jams.The fog and the darkness apparently contributed to a fender-bender, after which both drivers decided to...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 17, 2007 | Opinion
Should Christians be at the forefront of the ecological bandwagon, promoting care for the earth because we care about the people who depend on it? Or should we focus solely on souls and not worry about the earth because our eschatology predicts a bad end for this...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 15, 2007 | Opinion
A Dutch scholar argued recently that a large opal signet in the Israel Museum was the official seal of the infamous Queen Jezebel. Could it be true?Jezebel, according to a series of stories in 1-2 Kings, was a Phoenician princess who was married to the Israelite king...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 11, 2007 | Opinion
Charles Dickens’ classic Oliver Twist includes a young rascal known as “the artful dodger” because of his ability to pick someone’s pocket and make a quick getaway. The most accomplished “artful dodgers,” I’ve observed, are...
