by Tony W. Cartledge | Aug 16, 2010 | Opinion
The proposed construction of a mosque two blocks from Ground Zero has reached “scorching” on the hot-button scale of controversy. Political conservatives almost uniformly oppose the mosque, arguing that it encroaches too closely onto the sacred soil where...
by Keith Herron | Aug 16, 2010 | Opinion
“This is the story of Jesus and his brother Christ, of how they were born, of how they lived and of how one of them died.” The first hint of what’s to come in Philip Pullman’s new book – “The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ”...
by Wendell Griffen | Aug 16, 2010 | Opinion
The public clamor about a planned Islamic center two blocks from Ground Zero in New York City and calls to amend the U.S. Constitution to deny citizenship to children born in the United States whose parents are undocumented immigrants share a common feature. Most...
by Kathy Pickett | Aug 16, 2010 | Opinion
I’m in Starbucks sipping a cinnamon-flavored soy latte, now squeezing back tears of joy after a phone call from my daughter. “Hey, I’m done with my first round of questions,” she said. How did it go? “Really well. Molly Marshall was in...
by John D. Pierce | Aug 14, 2010 | Opinion
(Or “Why Non-Fundamentalists continue to fund Fundamentalism”)By John PierceTo take advantage of age-related discounts, a retired couple does their weekly grocery shopping every Wednesday morning. The schedule is not all that doesn’t change.The list no...
by Robert Parham | Aug 13, 2010 | Opinion
Speechifying against building a mosque near Ground Zero has cranked up since Sarah Palin’s tweet three weeks ago that said, “Peace-seeking Muslims, pls understand, Ground Zero mosque is UNNECESSARY provocation; it stabs hearts. Pls reject it in interest of...
