by John D. Pierce | Mar 20, 2008 | Opinion
Government restrictions on Sunday activities, commonly called blue laws, have been around in various forms since 1617.Those of a certain age can remember when virtually all stores and businesses were closed on Sunday by law, not by the convictions of store owners.In...
by Britt Towery | Mar 20, 2008 | Opinion
Living between two great oceans, North Americans generally tend to think of English as being the only language necessary. Unfortunately it is common to hear the sneer, “If they want to talk to us, let them learn English.” Such arrogance is simple...
by Robert Parham | Mar 20, 2008 | Opinion
Did the American government invent AIDS as a genocidal tool against African-Americans, as claimed by Jeremiah Wright, the controversial preacher best known as Sen. Barack Obama’s spiritual mentor? “The government lied about inventing the HIV virus as a...
by Larry Greenfield | Mar 19, 2008 | Opinion
The writer of the Gospel of John has John the Witness (a.k.a. John the Baptist in the other Gospels) saying, upon seeing Jesus approaching him: “Look! Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the world’s sin.” (1:29b) And then John the Witness goes on...
by Alan Bean | Mar 19, 2008 | Opinion
This has been a remarkable morning. It started with a phone call from Tony Brown, a radio talk show host in Alexandria, La. On the show with me were Jerriel Bazile, whose brother stands accused of selling drugs to an FBI agent in Bunkie, La., and a woman whose son has...
by Robert Parham | Mar 18, 2008 | Opinion
What color was Jesus? Was it skin pigmentation that determined Jesus’ message or was it the prophetic imagination that defined his mission? Are pigmentation and imagination separable or inseparable? How is it that we remake Jesus in our own image?Jesus’...
