by Joe Phelps | Oct 18, 2010 | Opinion
Unless you were trapped in a hole somewhere, you know that the eyes of the world were riveted on an obscure copper mine in Chile last week, as miners were rescued from what seemed likely to be their underground grave. Credit the nation of Chile for turning this...
by Mark Woods | Oct 18, 2010 | Opinion
Fairness is one thing, equality quite another. Prime Minister David Cameron has talked about fairness, describing it as “giving people what they deserve – and what people deserve depends on how they behave.” This cannot, of course, be a complete definition...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 18, 2010 | Opinion
When the skeptic-turned-believer C. S. Lewis wrote an autobiographical account of his early years, he called it Surprised by Joy. One of the central points Lewis made was that joy is not automatic. It is not something you can buy at the store. It is not something you...
by John D. Pierce | Oct 16, 2010 | Opinion
In a column distributed by Religion News Service, writer Cathleen Falsani marked her 40 years of life with 40 points of wisdom she has learned along the way. I like both the content and the idea of such reflection. Too many people zoom through life without ever asking...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 15, 2010 | Opinion
Earlier this week, I spent quite a few hours refinishing an oak table and chairs that some kind friends had given me. I sanded everything carefully and kept a vacuum cleaner at hand to keep the dust down. When applying the stain — which I shouldn’t have...
by Larry Greenfield | Oct 15, 2010 | Opinion
The wrong people got the right point. The Wall Street Journal reported that major U.S. “securities and investment-service firms” are ready to break the record a second year in a row for pay – compensation and benefits – to employees. Last year these...
