Economists Say U.S. Becoming One Nation Under Wal-Mart

As Wal-Mart goes, so goes the American economy, according to a growing number of analysts. Last year Wal-Mart surpassed Exxon Mobile as the world’s largest corporation. This year, it ranked as FORTUNE magazine’s most-admired company. Once maligned for its...

CBF Ponders What it Means to be a ‘Partner’

What it means to be a “partner” ministry with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship–and how much financial dependence that title implies—have become front-burner issues for the moderate group. The CBF currently devotes 28 percent of its budget to fund...

Baptist Newspaper Takes BCE to Task

A Baptist state newspaper has attacked the Baptist Center for Ethics over a story on EthicsDaily.com related to coverage of the recent Southern Baptist Convention. A June 26 editorial in the Florida Baptist Witness accused BCEof “trumping up” charges of...

American Culture Fosters Various Food Traditions

Food. For some people, it’s just the body’s fuel. For others, it’s an event’s flair. People woof it down, lay it out, freeze it up and pile it on. They drain its fat, count its calories, watch its servings and fret over its partially...