by Tony W. Cartledge | Aug 13, 2007 | Opinion
On Sunday, members of First Baptist Church in Dallas confirmed earlier speculation by calling Robert Jeffress to become the church’s new pastor. Jeffress is the fourth pastor chosen in hopes of finding a long-lived successor to the legendary W. A. Criswell, who...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Aug 11, 2007 | Opinion
The August 13 issue of Newsweek magazine carries an impressive story about the length to which well-paid spin-meisters will go to deny the overwhelming scientific consensus that global warming is a real and present danger to the earth and its inhabitants, and getting...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Aug 10, 2007 | Opinion
After more than two decades of waiting, teacher Barbara Morgan is orbiting the earth, getting accustomed to zero gravity and preparing to conduct three live classes as part of NASA’s troubled teachers in space program. The program has been troubled, not because...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Aug 9, 2007 | Opinion
I suppose it shouldn’t be surprising to learn that most preschoolers would think food tastes better if it comes in a McDonald’s wrapper. Or, so says a scientific study that made the newspapers this week.The study, which offered children samples of the same...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Aug 7, 2007 | Opinion
There is a biography of John Adams on my nightstand. It’s been there, mostly, for more than a year. It’s one of those Pulitzer Prize winning books that are good for you, and I’m determined to finish reading it, but it’s a slow process....
