by Tony W. Cartledge | Sep 9, 2009 | Opinion
Activists in two countries apparently feel it’s better for children to be ignorant than to hear important lessons.I couldn’t help but notice that during the same week, Palestinian leaders in Gaza axed a plan that would have taught public school students...
by Bruce Prescott | Sep 9, 2009 | Opinion
For me, the shortest step away from fundamentalism came with the realization that life within my family bore little resemblance to the idyllic paternalistic household that fundamentalist preachers portrayed as the biblical model for the home. Father didn’t know...
by Dwight A. Moody | Sep 9, 2009 | Opinion
Much of the resistance to any reform of the health care system in America is fueled by virulent attacks upon the government. Angry people, often shouting into radio microphones, accuse the government of being unable to provide services, administer programs or manage...
by Rodney Kennedy | Sep 9, 2009 | Opinion
“Lord, give me understanding.” I really try to understand people with whom I have serious ideological differences, but the recent news has left me in a funk and a state of confusion. Conservative parents flooded administrative offices of school systems...
by John D. Pierce | Sep 8, 2009 | Opinion
The Atlanta Braves just fizzled. A week ago they were three games out in the National League wild card race and poised for a charge.Tim Hudson was rejoining an already excellent pitching staff. Nate McLouth was back from the disabled list to patrol center field. And...
by Robert Parham | Sep 8, 2009 | Opinion
In a full-throated attack on President Barack Obama’s forthcoming nationally televised speech to school children encouraging them to study hard, fundamentalist and Republican leaders smear the president with accusations of “indoctrination,”...
