by Vinoth Ramachandra | Oct 22, 2010 | Opinion
“How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it except the pleasure of seeing it. Of this kind...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Oct 21, 2010 | Opinion
As the midterm election draws near, the rise of “strict constitutionalists” threatens centuries of democratic advancements. A romanticized interpretation of the Constitution works against the very interests of many middle-class Tea Partiers, whose rhetoric...
by Bob Cornwall | Oct 21, 2010 | Opinion
People don’t like to pay taxes. That is clear from the political rhetoric of the day. Who can forget the famous words of George H.W. Bush, who said so very clearly: “Read my lips: No new taxes.” It was a promise that he couldn’t keep, but the...
by Ircel Harrison | Oct 21, 2010 | Opinion
Anyone who knows me well would never mistake me for an athlete. A brisk walk and a leisurely swim are about as athletic as I get. I do watch sports, however, and my children and grandchildren are (or have been) involved in various athletic endeavors. I am around these...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 20, 2010 | Opinion
I’m having a hard time getting the high sense of entitlement that has led to hundreds of street protests in France, some of which have turned violent. More than a million people have been rallying in the streets, going on strike, shutting down transportation...
by Molly T. Marshall | Oct 20, 2010 | Opinion
Jeremiah instructs those being sent into exile: “But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you … for in its welfare you will find your welfare” (Jeremiah 29:7). Surely this is a statement of prophetic imagination; even while displaced, the people...
