by Steve deClaissé-Walford | Jun 23, 2011 | Opinion
Natalia Elzaurdia – Nati to her friends – is 19, pregnant and scared. She is not scared because she is pregnant, however. She is scared because she is in jail and about to be deported from the only country she has ever really known – the United States of America....
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jun 23, 2011 | Opinion
The annual General Assembly of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship got off to a good start Wednesday night as about 1,100 people gathered for a 20th anniversary dinner at the Tampa Convention Center. Most of the evening was designed to be fun. Brett Younger and...
by Mike Parnell | Jun 22, 2011 | Opinion
Steven Spielberg used to make movies with a gang of kids at their core. Believing they could do anything, these kids would be forced into trying circumstances but would manage to overcome by summoning up reserves of youthful determination. Spielberg’s...
by Robert Parham | Jun 22, 2011 | Opinion
Did President George W. Bush’s tax cuts deliver on what he promised 10 years ago? Speaking on April 16, 2001, at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Bush said, “Enough is enough. The American people deserve tax relief.” He repeated a variation of that...
by Drew Smith | Jun 21, 2011 | Opinion
Glenn Beck announced in May his next rally: Restoring Courage on Aug. 24 in Jerusalem. Beck’s announcement, which came two days after the 63rd anniversary of Israel’s declaration of sovereignty on May 14, 1948, was in reaction to President Obama’s...
by Ircel Harrison | Jun 21, 2011 | Opinion
The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship will meet for its 20th annual meeting in Tampa, Fla., this week. Many of us have been part of the CBF initiative from the beginning, even though our employers at the time may have frowned upon it, but that is a story for another...
