by Tony W. Cartledge | Apr 4, 2009 | Opinion
People of a certain age remember an old commercial introducing Life cereal, one of the first cereals touted as being particularly healthful. Two mop-headed boys (presumably brothers) are at the breakfast table, pondering a bowl of the little squares, which are made...
by Mike Parnell | Apr 3, 2009 | Opinion
DreamWorks continues the stream of animated 3-D movies with a throwback to the ’50s monster/Armageddon pictures called “Monsters vs. Aliens.” Susan Murphy (Reese Witherspoon) is about to have her dream wedding to her dream guy when tragedy strikes. A meteoroid falls...
by James L. Evans | Apr 3, 2009 | Opinion
This Sunday Christians around the world will celebrate Palm Sunday. This observance recalls Jesus’ arrival into Jerusalem at the beginning of what would be the last week of his life. Jesus arrives in Jerusalem riding humbly on a colt. His disciples and others...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Apr 2, 2009 | Opinion
A friend pointed me to Breitbart.com, where an intriguing article describes a growing trend among European atheists to seek “de-baptism.”The writer reports that more than 100,000 Britons have downloaded “certificates of de-baptism” as a way to...
by John Tadlock | Apr 2, 2009 | Opinion
If we needed any more evidence that the economic downturn continues to wreak havoc with folk in the U.S., a news story out of Hartford, Conn., should settle it. A 36-year-old Swedish “countess” is divorcing her husband, a former technology company CEO,...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Apr 2, 2009 | Opinion
“For (Moses) had married a Cushite.” (Numbers 12:1) The minds of people of color are at times so colonized and their eyes so accustomed to seeing reality through the lens of the dominant culture, that the hope of any liberation seems futile. No longer...
