by Michael Ruffin | Jan 9, 2007 | Opinion
Keith Ellison, a newly elected Democratic Congressman from Minnesota, took the oath of office last Thursday. Many words have been spoken about the fact that Ellison, who converted from Roman Catholicism to Islam when he was in college, chose to place his hand on a...
by Robert Parham | Jan 8, 2007 | Opinion
Three days after Christmas the Bush administration backtracked on global warming when it proposed under a court-ordered deadline to place the polar bear on the threatened-species list due to the rapid loss of Arctic ice. While the Secretary of the Interior Department...
by Cliff Vaughn | Jan 8, 2007 | Opinion
In the independent documentary “Red State: The Movie,” self-described California liberal Michael Shea sets out from his Blue State Venice Beach home to travel across America, stopping mainly in Red States to talk to folks and see what makes them tick. The...
by James L. Evans | Jan 5, 2007 | Opinion
The recent death of Gerald R. Ford, the 38th president of the United States, has given us an opportunity to reflect on his presidency and on the circumstances that brought him to office in the first place. Ford was appointed, not elected vice president, after Spiro...
by Cliff Vaughn | Jan 5, 2007 | Opinion
It bothers me, and it should bother you too, that out of all the movies that could have been made with a couple million dollars, “Thr3e” was chosen. This alleged psychological thriller, adapted from a novel by Ted Dekker, is so derivative as to be...
by Richard Wilson | Jan 4, 2007 | Opinion
The month of Advent anticipations and the 12 days of Christmas celebrations have come and gone. The Advent wreath is in storage and the Christmas tree has been recycled. Now comes the important and hard work of making our observations meaningful. If what we have been...
