by Britt Towery | Jun 15, 2006 | Opinion
While our country has problems with illegal immigration, Iraq has the exact opposite worry: legal emigration. According to the New York Times, officials in Baghdad say during the last 10 months, some 1.85 million Iraqis have obtained passports. It is estimated that is...
by Jim Holladay | Jun 14, 2006 | Opinion
Editor’s Note: The Baptist Center for Ethics’ 15th anniversary luncheon, June 22 in Atlanta, honors the legacies of T.B. Maston and Henlee Barnette. Today Jim Holladay, a former student and friend, profiles Barnette. The first time I saw Henlee Barnette, I...
by Virenee Chatmon | Jun 12, 2006 | Opinion
Children love it when someone reads a book to them. They love funny sounds, rhyming words and silly pictures. They love the sound of their mom or dad’s voice. Sometimes, their mom or dad can’t read to them, because they are not present in the home....
by Tarris D. Rosell | Jun 12, 2006 | Opinion
It might happen next flu season, or the following, or five years from now. Sometime soon, almost inevitably say the experts, a deadly flu virus will ravage the earth and its human inhabitants. Vaccine and antiviral stockpiles will cover, at best, 20 percent of the...
by Cliff Vaughn | Jun 12, 2006 | Opinion
I’ve never been a fan of Garrison Keillor’s radio variety show, but when I met the man on screen in director Robert Altman’s “A Prairie Home Companion,” I instantly liked him. “Companion,” which opened nationwide Friday,...
by Joe E. Trull | Jun 9, 2006 | Opinion
Editor’s Note: The Baptist Center for Ethics’ 15th anniversary luncheon, June 22 in Atlanta, honors the legacies of T.B. Maston and Henlee Barnette. This week Joe Trull, a former student, profiles Maston. The first time I met Thomas Buford Maston is a...