by Tony W. Cartledge | Feb 10, 2009 | Opinion
Was the invention of the birth control pill a good thing or a bad thing? Most people, I suspect, have never considered the options. In a world of limited resources that continues to be threatened by overpopulation, there are good arguments for seeing the invention of...
by John D. Pierce | Feb 10, 2009 | Opinion
A smile comes across my face each time I drive by the Clark family’s home in our neighborhood and a game of some sort is going on in their wide front yard. What was an almost daily routine in my youth is a rarity now — pick-up games.Richard Collison had the best...
by Robert Parham | Feb 9, 2009 | Opinion
A 60-second TV commercial by America’s Power tells us that clean coal is about belief. Faith in American energy resources, technology and ingenuity is what is needed for us to have clean coal, which will reduce greenhouse gases. Sponsored by the American Coalition for...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Feb 9, 2009 | Opinion
The problem with melting pots is that the scum usually rises to the top while those on the bottom get burned. This happens because the melting pot paradigm reinforces oppressive structures presently existing within society while blaming the victims of those structures...
by Britt Towery | Feb 9, 2009 | Opinion
When Friday the 13th comes along, some of us surmise something unfortunate might happen. Distant friend and confidant Wu Pu-yi says that such superstitions are world-wide. Fear of the number 13 is one of the most common superstitions in the Western world. Some hotels...
by Barry Howard | Feb 9, 2009 | Opinion
My eyes were glued to the news story dominating the networks on Jan. 15 when US Air Flight 1549 collided with birds, disabling both engines, and yet the aircraft made a successful emergency water landing on the Hudson River. Remarkably, all 155 of those aboard...
