The downside to early rising

by | Sep 25, 2008 | Opinion

Going to school never bothered me. Getting up to go to school was always a challenge. Even as a college student, making an 8:00 AM class — just steps from the dorm — was not an easy task.But aging does strange things to the body. My internal alarm clock is set between...

“Ghost Town”

by | Sep 25, 2008 | Opinion

Not everyone is a “people person.” Take Bertram Pincus (Ricky Gervais). He’s a dentist, and he likes the fact that dental implements keep people from talking. With an office next to his apartment building, he merely moves a couple hundred feet and...

The Axis of Incompetence

by | Sep 25, 2008 | Opinion

There is an axis of incompetence that runs from New York to Washington, from Wall Street to the White House. All they know how to manage are elections. The administrators, bankers and consultants who, along with the generals and diplomats, handle the affairs of state...

Critics of Christianity in China Don’t Get It

by | Sep 25, 2008 | Opinion

China gets hammered again in the annual report on international religious freedom, as they do every year. Having visited (not as a tourist) churches in cities and villages in 21 of China’s provinces I have to admit there is not the freedom of religion enjoyed...

Pentecostals, prophets, and Palin

by | Sep 24, 2008 | Opinion

So much has been written about Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin that she’ll be a celebrity for many years, whether she gets elected or not. Two months ago, the number of people outside of Alaska who even knew who Palin was could fit on the...