by Joe Phelps | Jul 27, 2011 | Opinion
I’m still a sucker for scenes from Africa amid a drought and famine. It’s what hooked me 35 years ago when a student in a required sociology class presented a report on world hunger. She was merely going through the motions to get a grade, but amazingly,...
by Larry Coleman | Jul 27, 2011 | Opinion
We have listened to voices claim what must occur to create a better future for our nation. The business sector has clamored for the protection of the wealthiest Americans from taxation because they are the job creators. Closet historians have declared with a...
by Robert Parham | Jul 27, 2011 | Opinion
No sooner had the media identified the Norwegian terrorist as “a right-wing fundamentalist Christian” than Christian fundamentalists began denying he was a real Christian. The New York Times quoted a Norwegian police official, Roger Andresen, who said,...
by John D. Pierce | Jul 26, 2011 | Opinion
By John Pierce One of my favorite newspaper columns by the late Lewis Grizzard argued somewhat humorously that in adulthood we seek those things that were forbidden by our parents. He used his own experience with chocolate-covered donuts as an example. No matter how...
by Ircel Harrison | Jul 26, 2011 | Opinion
Few of us have to seek change. Change generally happens whether we seek it or not, but how do you know when you need to be the initiator of change in your life? If you are attuned to your own emotions, you probably think that you know when you need a change,...
by Colin Harris | Jul 26, 2011 | Opinion
A challenge for any society, especially one that seeks to be just and compassionate, is how to deal with those who have committed crimes or pose a threat to others. Punishment, confinement and efforts at rehabilitation are often uneasy partners in the process of...
