by Cliff Vaughn | Oct 17, 2006 | Opinion
New to DVD is “Thank You for Smoking,” a satirical story about Big Tobacco’s primary spokesman and how he peddles cigarettes to the American people. “Smoking,” directed by Jason Reitman (son of legendary director Ivan...
by Michael Helms | Oct 17, 2006 | Opinion
Beginning with President Ronald Reagan, Republicans sought a moral high road, courting the Christian vote to eventually claim both the House and the Senate. The sexual indiscretions of President Clinton seemed to foster a resurgence of interest among many churchgoing...
by James L. Evans | Oct 16, 2006 | Opinion
We have reached a critical and increasingly tragic crossroads in the war with Iraq. We know now that there was no real justification for launching the war in the first place. Iraq did not have weapons of mass destruction, as apparently many people in the government...
by Britt Towery | Oct 16, 2006 | Opinion
A few weeks ago I happened to be watching C-Span on the old television set and Michelle Goldberg was talking in a church about her book, “Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism.” She gave insights from her research and interviews that the wall...
by Cliff Vaughn | Oct 13, 2006 | Opinion
The Book of Esther has many elements making it an obvious target for Hollywood producers: beautiful women, political intrigue, powerful secrets and a shrewd comeuppance for the villain. Given all this, it’s especially disappointing to see Hollywood adapt this...
by Randy Hyde | Oct 12, 2006 | Opinion
Their names are Naomi Rose Ebersol, Marian Fisher, Mary Liz Miller, Lena Miller, and Anna Mae Stolzfus. They were the Amish girls, ages ranging from 7 to 13, who were recently murdered by Charles Carl Roberts in Nickel Mines, Pa. The Amish are an interesting, if not...
