Kenneth Starr: Man of Principle or Hired Gun?

During his time as independent counsel investigating the legality of President Bill Clinton’s Whitewater investments, Kenneth Starr, newly appointed president of Baylor University, often stood in the driveway of his home and gave pious lectures to newsmen hoping...

When We Hate Government, We Hate Ourselves

A man crashed his small plane on Feb. 18 into an Austin, Texas, building where employees of the Internal Revenue Service worked, killing or wounding a dozen people. It reminded a lot of people of similar crashes in New York City and Washington, D.C., eight years ago....

On Lent, and Listening

During Lent this year, I’m listening to the New Testament via the “You’ve Got the Time” program the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (CBF) is promoting. CBF launched the program in January, hoping that at least 500 of its 1,800 affiliated...

Five Questions for Baylor’s New President

My friends on the Baylor University board of regents are urging patient understanding from our Texas Baptist family concerning the appointment of Kenneth Starr as president of the university. The call to reason and patience – two clear scriptural virtues – is timely...

Discovering the technological secret

Gadgets are both our slaves and masters. They enable us to get places without maps (GPS), stay in constant contact (cell phones and other handheld devices) and work in ways (computers) unimaginable just years ago.Yet they can occupy a great amount of time trying to...