by James L. Evans | Jun 13, 2011 | Opinion
Faith is important to me. My column is called Faith Matters for two reasons. One, I attempt to write about matters of faith. But the other reason is that I believe faith matters, it makes a difference what we believe and how we believe. We are in a strange time in...
by Larry Greenfield | Jun 13, 2011 | Opinion
Watching Democrats and Republicans wildly cheering Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he addressed a joint session of Congress and, thereby, dissing their own president (along with the president’s predecessors), should cause us concern about our...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jun 10, 2011 | Opinion
Toward the end of the Book of Proverbs, there is a small collection of sayings attributed to one “Agur, son of Jakeh.” Agur was a fan of numerical sayings as a way of making general observations on life. My favorite is this one: Three things are too...
by Fred Guttman | Jun 10, 2011 | Opinion
Genesis 32 tells the story of Jacob, who wrestled all night with an angel and then received the new name of Israel. The word “Israel” literally means the man who “wrestles with an angel.” One of the most unique things about being Jewish is the...
by Mike Parnell | Jun 10, 2011 | Opinion
We enter this reboot of the X-Men franchise with a group of people being herded into a concentration camp. As they enter the gate, a mother and father are separated from their teenage son. The parents turn around and try to reach back for the boy as he stands...
by John D. Pierce | Jun 9, 2011 | Opinion
By John Pierce Our younger daughter has a new inflatable pool float. At least that’s what we think it is. After pumping air into the new ‘whatever,’ she exclaimed: “Well, what is it?” I inquired. She pointed to an imprint on the...
