by Tony W. Cartledge | Mar 5, 2016 | Opinion
As the Republican presidential campaigns descend to ever-greater depths of schoolyard scrapping, I can’t help but recall some of the uglier spots in the devolution of the Southern Baptist Convention, when angry voices from the far right rose up to drown out and...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Feb 20, 2016 | Opinion
SAPIENS, an online journal of anthropology, marked the season of valentines with an article noting that less than half of the world’s cultures practice romantic kissing. The rest think it’s gross. “The Half the World That Doesn’t Make...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Feb 11, 2016 | Opinion
Climatologists tell us that last year was the hottest on record, further evidence that global warming is not some figment of a liberal’s imagination, but a reality we all must live with. A geological history of periodic ice ages, shifting continents, and seas...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Feb 4, 2016 | Opinion
Shopping just became more convenient in the Raleigh area, as the online retailer Amazon made it the 25th city in the country with a local warehouse and “free” two-hour delivery for “Prime” members (who pay $99 per year) within a range of zip...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jan 23, 2016 | Opinion
The news doesn’t seem to get any better lately: recent numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that women ministers make, on average, 76 cents for every dollar male ministers make for comparable work. That’s even worse than the 83 cents...
