by Cliff Vaughn | Aug 27, 2008 | Opinion
Ah, Kansas. Wheat. Tornadoes. State fairs with pig races and booths selling a pork chop on a stick. Those are some popular images of the 34th state admitted to the Union. But here’s a fact: In May 2005 it became ground zero in the culture wars when three members...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Aug 26, 2008 | Opinion
The “battle for the Bible” may be over among Southern Baptist pastors, but people in the pews are less likely to pledge allegiance to inerrancy.Responses to a survey by the research arm of LifeWay Christian Resources, taken this spring, showed that 100...
by John D. Pierce | Aug 26, 2008 | Opinion
Stuart Shepard says he was just kidding when mounting a video campaign to pray down rain on Sen. Barack Obama’s acceptance speech this Thursday night in Denver. But his passion sounded a bit stronger than any mild attempt at humor.According to WorldNetDaily, the...
by Michael Helms | Aug 26, 2008 | Opinion
By now the Bigfoot story is no longer big news. It was all a big hoax. What puzzles me is how the claim of two North Georgia men finding a dead Bigfoot in the mountains ever became big news. USA Today carried the story on the front page of their online edition. It had...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Aug 26, 2008 | Opinion
As of Aug. 25, a group of more than 125 college presidents and chancellors have signed on to promote one of the dumbest ideas ever to emerge from an administrative office. They want to combat binge drinking among college students by lowering the legal age for alcohol...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Aug 25, 2008 | Opinion
As of August 25, a group of more than 125 college presidents and chancellors have signed on to promote one of the dumbest ideas ever to emerge from an administrative office — they want to combat binge drinking among college students by lowering the legal age for...