by John D. Pierce | Sep 17, 2009 | Opinion
The list of casualties from the Fundamentalist takeover of the Southern Baptist Convention — now 30 years in the making — is long and growing. Yet many good church people continue to ignore this reality.Jerry Rankin’s announcement that he is retiring next year...
by Robert Parham | Sep 17, 2009 | Opinion
Unhinged politicians, wrathful preachers, belligerent protesters and hateful pundits pursue a practice as old as the Bible. They create scapegoats. The practice of the scapegoat has its genesis in the biblical book of Leviticus, where the sins of the people were...
by William Brackney | Sep 17, 2009 | Opinion
Americans deserve a health-care plan that is universal, affordable and compassionate. With the advent of modern technology, the gross national productivity of the country and the moral benevolence that historically underlies American culture, universal health care is...
by Wendell Griffen | Sep 17, 2009 | Opinion
Editor’s note: The following is excerpted from “The Content of Our Character,” a speech delivered by Wendell Griffen at the annual banquet of the Arkansas NAACP on Sept. 12, 2009. It is profoundly noteworthy that Americans will accuse President Obama...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Sep 16, 2009 | Opinion
This past weekend was laced with tragedy in Raleigh. Several people died in separate car crashes, including a beloved young dancer with the Carolina Ballet and a bridegroom who was going to breakfast with his groomsmen just a few hours before he was to be married.In...
by Gene Davenport | Sep 16, 2009 | Opinion
The present health-care situation reflects the blessing and the curse of technology. By technology I refer not simply to machines, but to the complex, interlocking system in which we use our presumed knowledge from the sciences in an effort to control our environment,...
