by Trey Lyon | Aug 24, 2009 | Opinion
My friend and I were driving when we saw a field covered in kudzu – “the vine that ate the South.” Without warning he said suddenly, “Kudzu! It’s amazing the power of the non-native species.” Taken aback by his highly technical...
by Trey Lyon | Aug 14, 2009 | Opinion
From town hall shouting matches to million-dollar ads on the airwaves, the health care debate now finds itself in the public square, literally and technologically. Every day another news release is sent out. Interest groups marshal the troops to blanket in-boxes with...
by Trey Lyon | Aug 5, 2009 | Opinion
The recent passing of Walter Cronkite has, for many, signaled the end of an era in the American experience. The modern media consumer must listen to any number of carefully manicured hosts, each often espousing opinion as much as the oft-heralded-yet-scarcely-found...
by Trey Lyon | Jul 22, 2009 | Opinion
President Obama’s recent tour of Ghana included a well-publicized visit to the Cape Coast Castle, better known as Elmina, the site where thousands – perhaps millions – of African tribal POWs and innocents were led to ancestral exile and slaughter in the...
by Trey Lyon | Jun 30, 2009 | Opinion
We were just coming out of Advent and starting a new cycle of Sunday School material in our youth department back in January. I asked our high school teacher what he thought about the day’s lesson. With genuine enthusiasm, he said “Well, it’s...
