by Gary Farley | Feb 13, 2007 | Opinion
Fifty years ago when I got a Kodak pony and started shooting pictures for color slides, it was an expensive, “middle-class” kind of hobby. In the years since the pony was replaced with an Olympus SLR with a telephoto lens and by other technological...
by Britt Towery | Feb 13, 2007 | Opinion
Would it be out of place for a humble country boy ask the U.S. senators to take up some serious business–especially those running so fast for president? There are more important matters to be done than running around 12 months before the first primaries raising...
by Robert Parham | Feb 12, 2007 | Opinion
When Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) announced his presidential candidacy on a bitterly cold Saturday in Springfield, Ill., he preached a trial sermon, similar to those given in some Protestant traditions where a prospective minister lays out his credentials, identifies...
by Ed Hogan | Feb 9, 2007 | Opinion
A pleasant surprise occurred in Texas politics this past weekend. For the first time, in a long time, Texas may be the first state to be proactive in an issue of public health. Gov. Rick Perry has announced plans to require a vaccine for girls entering the sixth...
by James L. Evans | Feb 8, 2007 | Opinion
From Africa comes a story of an interesting convergence of science, faith and politics. The national museum in Kenya is planning to display what is known as Turkana Boy–the skeletal remains of a young male who lived during the Pleistocene age–roughly 1.6...
by Brian Kaylor | Feb 8, 2007 | Opinion
Despite support for the death penalty and the Iraq war, the Religious Right consistently claims to be pro-life. And while advocates of these positions are often able to pull out Scripture passages as support, there is another growing pro-death policy that seems...
