by Fred Guttman | Sep 30, 2008 | Opinion
Rosh Hashanah is the season wherein Jews are supposed to have great resolve and great hope. There are too many negative forces that tell us that we cannot do it. There are too many excuses for not being the type of Jews and human beings that we really and truly ought...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Sep 29, 2008 | Opinion
I couldn’t help but be struck by the contrast between two recent news stories. On the one hand, the U.S. Congress seems poised to spend up to $700 billion on a bailout plan to rescue American banks (and their investors) from major losses incurred by major greed,...
by Robert Parham | Sep 29, 2008 | Opinion
Atheists and theists, the God-despisers and the God-fearers, the faithless and faithful, are locked in combat over public opinion. For a long time, atheists were seen at best as wacky, thanks to Madalyn Murray O’Hair. That is no longer the case due to books and...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Sep 26, 2008 | Opinion
The online Chronicle of Higher Education (which requires a subscription) is reporting that protesters against the government of Thailand have been raising funds, in part, by selling $3 diplomas for a doctoral degree in insurrection.Protestors have occupied the grounds...
by James L. Evans | Sep 26, 2008 | Opinion
Would Jesus condone torture if it yielded information that might prevent a terrorist attack? Anyone who has studied the life and teachings of Jesus closely, really thought about the red-letter parts of the New Testament, would answer, no. The only way to get from turn...
by Robert Parham | Sep 26, 2008 | Opinion
President Bush told an anxious and angry American public on Wednesday that the nation faced “a serious financial crisis.” In a structurally sound speech devoid of poetry and short on hope, Bush said that “these are not normal circumstances,”...
