by Brent McDougal | Apr 26, 2007 | Opinion
Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote to Alabama clergymen his open Letter from Birmingham Jail on April 16, 1963. The religious leaders questioned King’s tactics and timing, arguing for negotiation over direct action, forbearance over acquiescence to unjust laws,...
by James L. Evans | Apr 26, 2007 | Opinion
For some time now a contentious battle over homosexuality has raged in our country. The war has been fought primarily on three fronts: religion, politics, and science. Religion and politics are by far the most volatile, and the most destructive. Some of the language...
by Robert Parham | Apr 25, 2007 | Opinion
What are the results of President Bush’s surge of more American troops into Iraq, beginning Feb. 1, 2007? Here’s a snapshot of a few of the news reports from Monday and Tuesday: 9 U.S. soldiers were killed and 20 were wounded in a suicide bombing at a...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Apr 25, 2007 | Opinion
Poor Alberto Gonzalez. President Bush’s embattled attorney general is fighting alone for his political survival. Although he is a Latino, the silence of support from the Hispanic community is deafening. Yet few are asking why the Latina/o community doesn’t...
by Jeanie Miley | Apr 24, 2007 | Opinion
Reeling from the shock of another senseless act of violence, we search for “reasons” to comfort ourselves. We seem to feel safer if we can find someone or something to blame. People blame the legal system, gun dealers, the media, psychiatrists and school...
by Britt Towery | Apr 23, 2007 | Opinion
When the TV news outlets get their teeth into a story they really go overboard, chewing it for all it’s worth. They did this recently with Anna Nicole Smith’s death, day after day, with items and guesses about the blonde bombshell from Mexia, Texas, who...
