by Michael Ruffin | Jul 13, 2010 | Opinion
I make a lot of typographical errors. So, I am not hard on others, particularly bloggers and Facebook writers, who don’t have the advantage – or disadvantage – of an editor. A friend was writing about watching a July 4 fireworks show. When he typed a...
by John D. Pierce | Jul 13, 2010 | Opinion
New ethical dilemmas show up all the time. While the issues change often, the big question remains: Is this right? Ethics, of course, is about matching behavior with beliefs. Some answers to ethical dilemmas are easier to determine than others. A recent story from...
by Mark Woods | Jul 13, 2010 | Opinion
With almost every aspect of public spending coming under scrutiny in Great Britain, it is no surprise that the costs of running the prison service are being challenged. Britain’s Justice Secretary Ken Clarke wants to reduce the prison population and make a...
by Robert Parham | Jul 12, 2010 | Opinion
A Georgia Baptist preacher filed a lawsuit last week with a gun rights group to ensure that church members can be armed in worship. Jonathan Wilkins, pastor of Thomaston’s Baptist Tabernacle, and GeorgiaCarry.org said in their suit that Wilkins needs a gun...
by Bruce Prescott | Jul 12, 2010 | Opinion
Francis Wayland (1796-1865), a Baptist minister who served as president of Brown University from 1827-55, was the first Baptist ethicist and was America’s foremost ethicist during the pre-Civil War era. His popular “Elements of Moral Science,” first...
by Ircel Harrison | Jul 12, 2010 | Opinion
I was once in a group where we were asked to identify a book that had made a significant difference in our lives. When I mentioned Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird,” one person in the group laughed. I assumed then – and still do – that the person...
