by Daniel Schweissing | Sep 11, 2008 | Opinion
“I like Ike” might have been a spiffy sounding campaign slogan during the U.S. presidential elections of the 1950s. But mention the name “Ike” today and you’re more likely to invoke images of Haitian peasants carrying their meager...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Sep 10, 2008 | Opinion
If my last post suggested a belief that there are too many lawyers putting their noses where they don’t belong, a Sept. 8 article in the Washington Post trumps my traffic court issue in spades.The right wing Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) is urging pastors to...
by Michael Ruffin | Sep 10, 2008 | Opinion
For nine years now, far underground land spanning Switzerland and France, the largest and most powerful particle accelerator ever built has been under construction. According to the Web site of CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research), the purpose of the...
by John D. Pierce | Sep 9, 2008 | Opinion
By all accounts, this is an odd political season. Since the rise of the Religious Right it has not been uncommon for preachers (Robertson, Falwell et al) to grab a little more spotlight during this time. But this is something entirely different.Suddenly political...
by Robert Parham | Sep 9, 2008 | Opinion
The nomination of Sarah Palin changed Southern Baptist fundamentalism quicker than Eve tempted Adam to eat the apple in the Garden of Eden, metaphorically speaking. The Republican Party’s first woman caused Republican Party’s first-line male clergy to...
by Drew Smith | Sep 9, 2008 | Opinion
A few years ago, as I was teaching on Jesus’ command to love our enemies, a very perceptive young man asked me, “How far should we go to love our enemies?” Not only was this a thought-provoking question, it was one I had never seriously considered...
