by Mark McEntire | Nov 20, 2008 | Opinion
Even when style is the only factor considered, genres cannot function as discrete categories. They necessarily overlap. In the end, categories of either type turn out to be a matter of convenience, primarily for the task of marketing. Still we are accustomed to...
by Wendell Griffen | Nov 20, 2008 | Opinion
Forty years after King’s death, it is noteworthy that except for North Carolina and Virginia, voters in Southern states were not part of the dramatic voting that resulted in the election of Barack Obama as the next president of the United States. Dr. King openly...
by Drew Smith | Nov 20, 2008 | Opinion
We recant our faith in practice when we fail to love our neighbors and our enemies, when we neglect the poor and oppressed, and when we use abusive power against others. But what does it mean to pray, “Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from...
by Dwight A. Moody | Nov 20, 2008 | Opinion
China has a long way to go ”economically, politically and morally ”before it is able to celebrate the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. But the matter once again brings attention to China as a major violator of basic human rights. Jane Deren,...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Nov 19, 2008 | Opinion
Public television’s Nova series debuted a two-hour special called “The Bible’s Buried Secrets” Nov. 18. It’s scheduled to be repeated several times, including next Monday night (Nov. 25) at 9:00 p.m., at least in our neighborhood (check...
by Alex Smirnov | Nov 19, 2008 | Opinion
Among several belt-tightening measures, First Baptist Church of Dalton instituted a spending freeze, assuming that year-end stock gifts and other profit-sharing donations will come in below last year’s metrics. The church’s staff has been asked to carry...
