by Robert Parham | Mar 23, 2011 | Opinion
Rejecting the idea of amnesty for America’s estimated 12 million undocumented immigrants, some advocates of comprehensive immigration reform insist that the undocumented must qualify for a pathway to citizenship. Such advocates style themselves as respecters of...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Mar 23, 2011 | Opinion
Some years ago, Michael J. Fox starred in a science-fiction, time-machine themed movie called Back to the Future. The premise of the movie is that a young man travelled back in time and almost prevented his parents from meeting — which would have kept him from...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Mar 22, 2011 | Opinion
“U.S. exceptionalism” has become neo-conservatives’ justification for foreign policies that would be condemned if other nation-states implemented them. The rhetoric that proclaims the United States as “the greatest country on earth”...
by Bill Wilson | Mar 22, 2011 | Opinion
The book of James closes with a most interesting assertion: “My brothers and sisters, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and is brought back by another, you should know that whoever brings back a sinner from wandering will save the sinner’s soul...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Mar 21, 2011 | Opinion
Unless you suffer from severe allergies, it’s hard not to like spring, when flowers are everywhere from window baskets to shrubs to trees. My pansies are bursting with springtime energy, the azalea buds are about to pop, and the cherry tree won’t be far...
by Bruce Prescott | Mar 21, 2011 | Opinion
Until I saw Charles Ferguson’s documentary film “Inside Job,” I thought Simon Johnson and James Kwak’s book “13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown” provided the best introduction to the causes for the...
