by Mike Parnell | Mar 17, 2011 | Opinion
“Rango” is unlike anything you will ever see. It is the strangest, funniest, most warped invention. It’s a Western but with desert critters playing the parts. “Rango” was created by director Gore Verbinski and writer John Logan....
by Tony W. Cartledge | Mar 16, 2011 | Opinion
Walking the dog on a drizzly morning, and I can’t get Japan off my mind. It’s been nearly a week since a gargantuan earthquake shook northern Japan and a raging tsunami ravaged cities and obliterated fishing villages. No one yet knows how many died, and we...
by Jan Chapman | Mar 16, 2011 | Opinion
When it came time to think about church today, instead of pouring myself another cup of coffee and diving into the back sections of the newspaper as I often do these days, I decided to try something new – a Friends meeting. For those of you who’ve stuck with...
by Ircel Harrison | Mar 16, 2011 | Opinion
The role of the fool or court jester in medieval history is a fascinating concept. This person, who was either mentally deficient or acted that way, was employed to tell jokes and provide general entertainment by a monarch. The fool could say or do things no one else...
by Robert Parham | Mar 16, 2011 | Opinion
Japan’s horrific disaster swept the U.S. House of Representatives’ hearings on the radicalization of American Muslims off the public radar. Remember that only last Thursday, March 10, Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.), chair of the House Homeland Security...
by Yvonne Shinhoster Lamb | Mar 15, 2011 | Opinion
As I was pondering this column and also reflecting on a quick Skype conversation I had with my daughter, Philip Yancey’s book, “Finding God in Unexpected Places,” found me. Chapter 38’s title, “Don’t Forget to Laugh,”...
