by William Brackney | Mar 23, 2010 | Opinion
Two personalities are dominating the cable “news” media among American conservatives these days: Glenn Beck and Bill O’Reilly. O’Reilly has a reputation as a loud, “bloviating” (one of his favorite terms), argumentative nightly talk...
by Monty Self | Mar 23, 2010 | Opinion
Physician-assisted suicide is not new. I can still remember reading Derek Humphry’s “Final Exit” (1991) as a college student. I remember feeling great sorrow for those that suffer. Today, I still feel that pain as I work with oncology patients who...
by John D. Pierce | Mar 23, 2010 | Opinion
The late music educator Dr. Lee Norris Mackey of Chatta- nooga, Tenn., received a grant in the 1980s to conduct a study that revealed a decline in the performance of Negro spirituals. As a result he co-founded the Chattanooga Choral Society for the Preservation of...
by Robert Parham | Mar 22, 2010 | Opinion
Christian women, children and old men were cut down by machetes. Homes were burned. Hundreds were killed on a single Sunday evening in early March in villages outside of Jos, Nigeria. The violence was called “reprisal attacks.” Nigerian Christian and...
by Daniel Carro | Mar 22, 2010 | Opinion
I never go to political rallies. This is not for lack of opportunity, given that I live in the Washington, D.C., area. Yet this one was different. I felt a moral obligation to be there. As an immigrant myself, this unresolved issue touches me and my family in profound...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Mar 22, 2010 | Opinion
The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina (CBFNC) celebrated its sixteenth year March 19-20 by affirming core partnerships, approving a record budget, and looking to a hopeful future. More than 950 persons packed the ornate, historic sanctuary of First...
