by Sam Davidson | Mar 20, 2009 | Opinion
On a recent visit to Charleston, W.Va., I had enough time to get a nice run in while the sun was still high in the sky. There’s no better way to explore a new city than by running through its downtown and along its riverbanks. I left the hotel at the same time...
by James L. Evans | Mar 20, 2009 | Opinion
One of my teachers would frequently remind us that categorizing people by means of narrow labels is just another way of not having to think deeply about them. It happened to me a few years back as I was trying to make a case for why Bible believers should oppose the...
by John D. Pierce | Mar 19, 2009 | Opinion
Dried fruits and assorted nuts have become my favorite snack in recent weeks. Nestled in the grocery display among the cranberries, raisins and mango was a bag touting “Premium Pitted Dried Plums.”It took me a moment to realize these were prunes. Clearly...
by Cliff Vaughn | Mar 19, 2009 | Opinion
“How many African souls were worth my soul?” That’s the question of a former missionary kid in Africa, whose abuse at a boarding school for missionaries’ children in Mamou, Guinea, is the subject of a chilling new documentary, “All God’s Children: The Ultimate...
by Ed Sunday-Winters | Mar 19, 2009 | Opinion
“We have a leak!” Those are frightening words to hear if you live near or work in a facility that produces or stores hazardous material. They can be just as frightening, dreadful and troublesome when the leak is not hazardous and not in a nearby plant, but in your...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Mar 19, 2009 | Opinion
North Carolina is among the states that are looking at “sin taxes” as a relatively easy means for increasing revenue – easy, so long as they can get by the powerful tobacco and alcohol lobbies. There’s just one thing wrong with sin taxes – they...
