by Trey Lyon | Jul 29, 2010 | Opinion
A successful Web/IT developer recently said in his thought-provoking blog that he knows a lot of people who want to pull the plug on Facebook and other social media because the technologies set up a shell of who they really are. Folks upload pictures of their vacation...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Jul 29, 2010 | Opinion
Sen. James Webb (D-Va.) recently wrote an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal titled “Diversity and the Myth of White Privilege.” He argued: “After a full generation of [the Civil Rights] debate, WASP elites have fallen by the wayside and a plethora of...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jul 28, 2010 | Opinion
The view from atop Oahu’s famed Diamond Head (in the background of this small wedding) requires a fairly strenuous climb up a steep trail nearly a mile long, but it’s worth every step. Guidebooks encourage climbers to be prepared: use sunscreen, take...
by Robert Parham | Jul 28, 2010 | Opinion
The White House and U.S. Senate lost their moral courage and missed a “fullness of time” moment, failing to pass needed climate change legislation. What better time to address global warming? Americans have experienced the hottest six months in recorded...
by James Hill | Jul 28, 2010 | Opinion
I recently posted a link on my Facebook page and commented on it. The link concerned Glenn Beck and his continuing attempt to scare his viewers and listeners into challenging their churches and clergy on issues related to “social justice,” which he...
by David Kerrigan | Jul 28, 2010 | Opinion
The Baptist World Alliance 2010 Congress begins today (July 28) at the Honolulu Convention Centre in Hawaii, a place that one of my younger colleagues described sarcastically as “a nice gig!” To another, who was also oozing lukewarm sympathy, I pointed out...
