by Mike Parnell | Aug 27, 2010 | Opinion
I have loved comics since I was 7 years old. My grandmother bought me a copy of “Justice League of America” on a trip to the drugstore, and I was hooked. Back then the comics told tales of guys and gals in long underwear who flew around doing all manner of...
by Bruce Prescott | Aug 27, 2010 | Opinion
As new regulation on the finance industry became effective recently, news reports indicate that the average interest rate on credit cards is 14.7 percent – the highest level of average interest in nine years and 11.45 percent above the prime interest rate....
by John D. Pierce | Aug 26, 2010 | Opinion
The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified 90 years ago today, on Aug. 26, 1920, No longer was the voting booth for men only. The battle had been long and hard. Women fought for the right to cast their votes — with at least one voice...
by Nathan Napier | Aug 26, 2010 | Opinion
The church has always had a very ambiguous relationship to money and hard economic times. The Gospels comment frequently on the trappings of money, and the New Testament consistently encourages Christians to give of their means and to share their blessings with the...
by Christa Brown | Aug 26, 2010 | Opinion
When I first learned that the Islamic center in lower Manhattan would be called Cordoba House, I saw only the beauty in it. The symbolism of the name seemed obvious. Cordoba was a city in which Muslims, Jews and Christians lived peaceably side by side in the ninth,...
by Chuck Warnock | Aug 26, 2010 | Opinion
“How can I get them to change?” As a small-church pastor, I think I’ve asked myself that question at least once a day in every church I have pastored. Wanting the churches we pastor to change is part of our DNA. We see opportunities for improvement,...
