by John D. Pierce | Jul 12, 2008 | Opinion
My blogging partner, colleague and friend, Tony Cartledge, got some good ink in the Raleigh News & Observer yesterday. The article by religion writer Yonat Shimron focused primarily on Tony’s new book, Telling Stories: Tall Tales & Deep Truths...
by James L. Evans | Jul 11, 2008 | Opinion
It is probably too early to speculate how history will rate George W. Bush’s tenure as president. There will obviously be many words written about Sept. 11, the war in Iraq, tax cuts for the rich, the polarization of the country along partisan lines, the...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Jul 11, 2008 | Opinion
Ah! The good old days–when men were men and women were kept in the kitchen; when being white was right for America. Ah! The good old days–when men were men and women were kept in the kitchen; when being white was right for America. When a Latino like me...
by John D. Pierce | Jul 10, 2008 | Opinion
There is an old saying that “Opinions are like belly buttons; everybody has one.” But it also appears that many people want to express those opinions on their bellies and chests.While my daughters enjoyed a day of roller coasters and twirly things at...
by Mike Parnell | Jul 10, 2008 | Opinion
A friend in ministry once remarked that when you are discouraged, you have to do the last thing God told you to do. You keep doing that thing until someone comes and tells you differently. WALL-E does this. He’s the last robot left on Earth in the year 2700....
by Glenn Jonas | Jul 10, 2008 | Opinion
Admittedly, I was never a fan of Jesse Helms, the conservative (an understatement) longtime Senator from North Carolina that just recently died on July 4. His funeral was Tuesday at Hayes Barton Baptist Church in Raleigh and was attended by the powerful politicians...
