by John D. Pierce | Mar 2, 2010 | Opinion
Carol Burgess remembers the Sunday in 1981 when A.B. Short, an ordained minister and member of Oakhurst Baptist Church in Decatur, Ga., “sounded a call” for a compassionate response to Atlanta’s homeless. She volunteered.“I thought it sounded too much like work at...
by Monty Self | Mar 1, 2010 | Opinion
Tax software. Tea parties. Now a plane purposely crashed into an IRS building. Americans have always been uneasy about taxation, and let’s face it: Most don’t like to give up money and hand it over to the government. I was enraged last year as I saw my...
by Mark Woods | Mar 1, 2010 | Opinion
Evangelistic initiatives come and go. They are remembered and forgotten according to their impact not only on the community at large, but also on those who took part. Every time there is a new national movement in Britain, mistakes are made and lessons learned. Some...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Mar 1, 2010 | Opinion
As state governments continue to struggle with declining tax revenue, the pressure to raise money through government gambling operations continues. Having just about maxed out lottery earnings, at least 14 states are considering proposals to expand slot machines and...
by James L. Evans | Mar 1, 2010 | Opinion
Anybody know what Alabama Gov. Riley’s present obsession with gambling is all about? Gambling in one form or another has been present throughout Riley’s two terms as governor. Why the interest now is a mystery. His actions feel politically motivated, but I...
by Larry Greenfield | Mar 1, 2010 | Opinion
I’m a tea drinker, in the morning, alone. I don’t, that is, attend tea parties, whether they be of the social or, more recently, the political types. In fact, I couldn’t care less about the light and polite tea parties that occur in late afternoons....
