by Curtis Ramsey-Lucas | Sep 25, 2007 | Opinion
Some will object that there is no place for the church in politics. After all, politics is a messy and conflicted business. Why would anyone involve the church in that? In his essay “How We Got That Way,” Walter Shurden notes that on issues such as...
by James L. Evans | Sep 24, 2007 | Opinion
According to a recent article in the “Washington Post,” atheism is on the rise in America. Margaret Downey, president of the Atheist Alliance International, reports that her organization’s membership has doubled in the last year. She also reports...
by Bert Montgomery | Sep 24, 2007 | Opinion
“A pornographer, a prostitute and a public official” sounds like a setup line for a joke, but it isn’t. It’s actually the sad content of a story on a newspaper Web site that caught my eye. The New Orleans Times-Picayune report is about the U.S....
by Tony W. Cartledge | Sep 22, 2007 | Opinion
Oh, the pain of it all. Could I find myself pulling for Junior?Some readers will immediately recognize my dilemma as NASCAR related. Others might need a bit of interpretation.I’m a so-so fan of the so-called “stock car” racing series, in which race...
by John D. Pierce | Sep 21, 2007 | Opinion
Editors and writers, of which I am both, learn quickly that not all readers have the same opinion of our work. This is most obvious when we receive very different feedback to the same article or column. Immediately following the release of the September issue of...
by Robert Parham | Sep 21, 2007 | Opinion
How do you answer critics of the separation of church and state, who say that concept is not in the U.S. Constitution? How do you answer those who believe that the U.S. Constitution establishes a Christian nation? According to a national survey by the First Amendment...
