by Robert Parham | May 31, 2006 | Opinion
Today is my last day on drugs. Tomorrow is my first day off of acute leukemia medication in 15 months. No more monthly trips to see my dealer at the Vanderbilt Medical Center pharmacy. No more pills—pills priced at $4,500 per month for 240 tablets taken at a clip of...
by Michael Helms | May 30, 2006 | Opinion
We raised you to leave us. It’s not natural for you to stay in the nest forever. We want to fly, to mount up with wings as eagles. For the graduating class of 2006, life is about to change a very dramatic way. I know you are excited about spreading your wings...
by James L. Evans | May 29, 2006 | Opinion
We were fortunate some years back to be in Washington D.C. when the United States Holocaust Museum opened. We stood in line for hours to get tickets, and hours more to get in. Hundreds and hundreds of people were there to see and remember. Once inside, we walked in a...
by Robert Parham | May 26, 2006 | Opinion
If you want to know what Southern Baptist Convention leaders really think about public education, follow them to school. The most visible nominee for the presidency of the SBC is Ronnie Floyd, pastor of First Baptist Church in Springdale, Ark. His church has its own...
by Crosscreek Baptist Church, Pelham, Ala. | May 25, 2006 | Opinion
This a resolution was adopted in 1998 by Crosscreek Baptist Church in Pelham, Ala., and delivered to more than 1,400 teachers in Shelby County. It is included in the Baptist Center for Ethics free resource for advocacy and action in support of public education and is...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | May 25, 2006 | Opinion
“Then Gilead cut Ephraim off from the fords of the Jordan, and whenever an Ephraimite fugitive said, ‘Let me cross,’ the men of Gilead asked him, ‘Are you an Ephraimite?’ If he answered ‘No,’ they said, ‘Then say...
