by James L. Evans | Apr 3, 2006 | Opinion
Nearly every week I hear from readers with the complaint that I am writing politics under the guise of religious commentary. It’s a fair observation though I am almost tempted to say, “Yeah, but the other guy started it!” By the other guy I mean, of...
by Jim Holladay | Apr 3, 2006 | Opinion
America’s noble experiment–universal education for all citizens–is a cornerstone of our democracy. The idea of a system of universal education is as old as our republic. No lesser lights than Thomas Jefferson, George Washington and Noah Webster...
by Robert Parham | Mar 31, 2006 | Opinion
As slavery was at the heart of the founding of the Southern Baptist Convention in 1845, racism was at the heart of the beginnings of the anti-public school movement and the founding of the Christian academies in the 1960s. Denial of either engages in historical...
by Christopher Church | Mar 31, 2006 | Opinion
Mid-morning on Sept. 11, 2001, when it seemed all America was glued to TVs or to streaming video of the terrorist assault on the Twin Towers, my eyes were fixed elsewhere. Alone in Pastor Robert Walker’s borrowed study, I was composing my grandmother’s...
by Mike Parnell | Mar 30, 2006 | Opinion
Adam Chamberlain is a young man who seems to have it all: a lovely fiancée, a best-selling book and regular appearances on television. For most 20-year-olds, that’s the American Dream. But Adam has also done something that would seem practically un-American in...
by Andy Watts | Mar 30, 2006 | Opinion
The Senate Judiciary Committee cleared the way for 11 million illegal immigrants to seek U.S. citizenship without first having to leave the country, the Tennessean reported Monday. For most Republicans, this is not welcome legislation. “Well over 60 percent of...
