by Britt Towery | Nov 24, 2006 | Opinion
An economist I am not. I barely got through sixth grade arithmetic at Coggin Ward grade school. And my only exposure to any kind of economics was in T. R. Havins’ Economic History of the U.S. That was a long time ago. The world has changed since then. I still...
by Andy Watts | Nov 22, 2006 | Opinion
It’s hard to argue with a businessman over the best way to run a business. Especially when that businessman possesses the credentials that Dan Haskell does: chairman of the Tennessee Jobs Coalition and a respected Nashville attorney. That’s why it is...
by Mike Parnell | Nov 22, 2006 | Opinion
The saying “familiarity breeds contempt” doesn’t hold true for James Bond. With six different actors playing Bond across 21 films, it might seem that we would grow weary of 007. Not so in “Casino Royale,” now playing. Daniel Craig is the...
by Congressman James E. Clyburn | Nov 21, 2006 | Opinion
I look toward the 110th Congress with great hope and anxious anticipation, emotions I share with a great majority of the American people. Two weeks ago Americans voted to take this country in a new direction. They have asked the Democrats to lead this effort, and as a...
by Robert Parham | Nov 21, 2006 | Opinion
Thanksgiving trumps Christmas. Cultural fundamentalists and sentimental Christians may read that statement as heresy. The former may read it as another salvo in the mislabeled war being waged against Christians via the shift last year in the commercial greetings from...
by Christa Brown | Nov 20, 2006 | Opinion
Over and over again, the words “congregational autonomy” have been flung in my face to explain why Southern Baptist leaders cannot take action against ministers reported for sexually molesting kids. “Each entity in Southern Baptist life is autonomous...
