by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 26, 2009 | Opinion
The lottery’s no longer the only game in town, at least in many towns across North Carolina. Recent challenges to laws regulating video poker and sneaky ways of skirting the law have led to a boom in “sweepstakes” outlets that often masquerade as...
by Bruce Prescott | Oct 26, 2009 | Opinion
A recent press conference for health-care reform in Oklahoma highlights how Baptists and Muslims are working together for the common good. Sponsored by the Oklahoma Conference of Churches and held at the Oklahoma State Capitol on Oct. 20, the press conference featured...
by John D. Pierce | Oct 24, 2009 | Opinion
Although my own musical gifts are very limited, my discernment about musical choices has grown over the years. Perhaps it is the result of some bad musical decisions in my past.Once, as a campus minister, I allowed a transfer student to play his guitar and sing at one...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 23, 2009 | Opinion
Last night I took Samuel to see West Side Story at North Carolina Theater in Raleigh. He’ll get school credit (once he writes a report about it); I got to see (and hear) a classic musical with several iconic songs and impressive choreography. The lead actors had...
by Robert Parham | Oct 23, 2009 | Opinion
Before the college football game between the No. 1 Florida Gators and the No. 4 LSU Tigers, USA Today had an in-depth story about Florida’s tight end Aaron Hernandez, whose arms are covered with tattoos. One tattoo is of God’s hands. Another tattoo has...
by James L. Evans | Oct 23, 2009 | Opinion
I just finished Dan Brown’s latest thriller, “The Lost Symbol.” Don’t worry. I’m not going to give anything away. I will say that the book is a real page-turner in the same spirit as his previous two novels – “The da Vinci...
