by Tony W. Cartledge | Apr 11, 2008 | Opinion
The heart of theological education is found in the interplay between teachers and students and administrators engaged in the education process itself. That process, however, is has to be paid for. Somebody has to foot the bill, and students are often the least...
by Laura Seay | Apr 11, 2008 | Opinion
Tuesday night’s premiere of the HBO documentary, “The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo,” was hard to watch. Basing herself in Bukavu, filmmaker Lisa Jackson traveled through South Kivu last year to make a movie about the victims and perpetrators...
by James L. Evans | Apr 11, 2008 | Opinion
There have been a lot of numbers thrown about recently regarding the cost of the war in Iraq. The estimates now suggest the war will run through trillions of dollars. It’s difficult for me to think about the war in those terms, not because the numbers are so...
by John D. Pierce | Apr 10, 2008 | Opinion
Over the past nearly 15 years as a second-career journalist, I’ve wondered how I ended up in this particular vocation. I did not study journalism or chart a course for myself that including this kind of work.I have now done this work slightly longer than I...
by Mike Parnell | Apr 10, 2008 | Opinion
What makes a hero? Are heroic deeds more than actions? Can heroism be seen in a commitment to truth? “Leatherheads,” which sets a love triangle against the emerging pro football league of the 1920s, is a story about how much Americans long for heroes....
by Britt Towery | Apr 10, 2008 | Opinion
It was a costly battle for many whose family, profession, prestige “ even life itself were laid on the line. During the 1950s and 1960s the fight for dignity and human rights against bigotry, hate and apathy changed the lives of thousands of Americans. I came across...
